"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …

small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …

first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of …

"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in …

of Serbia to examine the relationship between productivity, the investment climate, and private ownership of firms. As …. Identification of the relative effects of various investment climate constraints and ownership on productivity should serve as a …, according to the econometric analysis of productivity reported by the authors, private ownership is an equally or more important …

"Developing countries are increasingly concerned about improving country competitiveness and productivity as they face … and imputing their impact on productivity, in order to prioritize policy reforms for enhancing competitiveness. Given the … of using different productivity measures based on data at the firm level. Their main objective is to develop a …

productivity and competitiveness. The Poland Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is the first ICA piloted in the World Bank …

by breaking into fast growing markets for knowledge, and innovation-based products and services. The Malaysian … Productivity and Investment Climate Survey in 2007 (PICS-II) to assess whether and how the investment environment had changed since …

American standards. Productivity and export growth has been disappointing. The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA …