article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … contrast, domestic regulatory impediments to competition are not robustly correlated with product innovation. "--World Bank web …"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This …

"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 …

"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and … drives growth by encouraging investment and higher productivity. Various infrastructure, finance, security, competition and …

total factor productivity (TFP) in the South. Specifically, it examines the impact on TFP in the Republic of Korea, Mexico …-level data, they find that (1) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional: Korea benefits mainly from trade … that it holds for Korea and Mexico but not necessarily for Poland. This paper--a product of the Trade Team, Development …

low productivity, low growth, and low quality of jobs. This study presents fresh qualitative and quantitative analyses to … productivity of micro and small firms in general will help overall economic growth, employment, and formalization. …

include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation … outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and … of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the …