three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

failure of meritocracy that reduces a firm’s Total Factor Productivity. We present a simple model that studies the … Factor Productivity. …

We investigate labor productivity dynamics amongst British businesses in the wake of the credit crisis of 2007/8. The … external restructuring of firms (i.e. changes in market share, firm entry and exit) contributed to a fall in productivity … productivity growth following the credit crisis was accounted for by a widespread productivity shock within firms, pointing to the …

We examine the relationships between productivity growth, IT investment and organisational change (∆O) using UK firm … effect on productivity growth, (c) non-IT investment and ∆O do not interact in their effect on productivity growth. Some new …

Over the period since 1970, Britain has improved its relative productivity performance, but there remains a significant … gap in market sector productivity between Britain and both Continental Europe and the United States. Much of the gap …

John Van Reenen sketches the evolution of CEP research on the drivers of productivity growth - and its impact on …

structured practices for performance monitoring, target setting and incentives enjoy greater productivity and profitability …

This paper estimates the impact of road improvements on firm employment and productivity using plant level longitudinal …, but not the employment of existing firms. We also find effects on labour productivity and wages at the firm level …