and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth … the rate of TFP growth. His findings provide evidence against the alternative view that technological improvements are … essentially unimportant: a view based on the findings of Young (1995) and others that instances of spectacular economic growth …

Technological capabilities are at the center of the new theories of economic growth which focus on technology and human … capital as engines of growth. Recent developments in this literature suggest that long-run economic growth, as seen most …

Sectoral approach to the drivers of productivity growth in Polish sectors. A firm-level perspective on technology adoption and … in Poland that describes the role that the service sector can play in spurring productivity growth …