towards international best practice levels of productivity and quality. The report is based on a survey of nine car …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market … shows that productivity differences among flag carriers could explain the governments' different views about deregulation at …

We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …

markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …

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 …

interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France … internationalization goes beyond export and because, in the medium to long term, internationalization is likely driven by innovation. We …-level characteristics across countries and sectors. We also find that the positive correlation between internationalization and innovation …

markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … industry and firm productivity. …

We investigate the role of a firm’s total factor productivity in its decision to import from their affiliates rather … strong empirical support for the theoretical predictions of the model. In particular, high-productivity firms that have a …