which exporting is "permanent" vs. "transitory" are reviewed, together with the extent to which productivity gains from … suggest that while exporters have higher productivity rates, profitability is equal compared to non-exporters, but inventory …

Technological capabilities are at the center of the new theories of economic growth which focus on technology and human … recently in East Asia, reflects sustained increases in firm productivity stemming from the continuous accumulation of … systematic attempts to assess technological capabilities and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study utilizes …

the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly …"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed …

, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of the brain drain on North-South trade-related technology diffusion … and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …

the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory …"There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such … studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is exogenous. The author shows that …

for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth …