manufacturing productivity growth. There is no strong evidence in the literature on the existence of such link. Our work, however … productivity using firm-level data. First, a broader definition of innovation input is used in which research and development is …

the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible … status and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms? export status as a binary treatment variable and comparing …?s export-sales ratio and its labour productivity growth rate. We find that there is a causal effect of firms? export activities …

number of national firm level studies on the innovation-productivity link have been conducted using new internationally …, innovation output and productivity, we find to a very large extent a common cross-country story for knowledge intensive …