While there is strong evidence for productivity-driven selection into exporting, previous research has mostly failed to … identify export-related efficiency gains within plants. This non-result is derived from revenue productivity (TFPR), thus also … and investment in technology is an important driver behind these gains. …

volatility is the variation in Revenue Total Factor Productivity which is not explained by either industry- or economy …

unanticipated and large, they are a plausible instrument for identifying the impact of exporting on firm productivity and other … that export growth leads to increases firm productivity and other firm performance measures. Consistent with "earning …-by-exporting", the productivity impact of export growth is greater when firms export to more developed countries. …

We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity estimates for China's manufacturing … sector that spans her entry into WTO. We find that productivity growth is among the highest compared to other countries. For … our preferred estimate, the weighted average annual productivity growth for incumbents is 2.7% for a gross output …

) that has been modified to include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs into innovation and productivity. We find … innovation, and ICT investment being more important for productivity. For the median firm, rates of return to both investments …Both Research and Development (R&D) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investment have been identified …

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain … still rare. We apply a structural model that describes the link between R&D expenditure, innovation output and productivity … (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are remarkably …

We simultaneously assess the contributions to productivity of three sources of research and development spillovers …