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unprecedented growth. We then proceed to study if this positive impact of VC is also present on productivity growth, which is a … affects total factor productivity growth. We do find that VC investment is positively associated with labor productivity but …
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The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of … aspect. Using German firm-level data, we find that organizational change increases the returns to the use of CO2 reducing … technologies and that joint adoption leads to higher productivity. Without having introduced complementary organizational …
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The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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sales went up by about 80 percent; similarly, profits and productivity increased by 120 percent compared to the control …
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We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual patenting behavior as well as state-level determinants of patenting. The 2003 National Survey of College Graduates shows that immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that...
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'): an arrival of new technology increases demands for venture capital by driving new firm startups. We analyze this … productivity (TFP) growth and patent counts as measures of innovation. Using a panel AR regression as well as industry …
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We examine the relationships between productivity growth, IT investment and organisational change (DO) using UK firm … effect on productivity growth, (c) non-IT investment and DO do not interact in their effect on productivity growth. Some new …
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Guided by theories of management by exception, we study the impact of Information and Communication Technology on worker and plant manager autonomy and span of control. The theory suggests that information technology is a decentralizing force, whereas communication technology is a centralizing...
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We study the implications of electoral corruption for resource allocation, factor market equilibrium and inequality. We focus on the control of the voting of agricultural workers by landlords and show that if the employment relationship is subject to moral hazard then the resulting rents...
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advantage of the possibility of intertemporal subsitution in order to engage in productivity-improving activities during … productivity, both in the short and long run, and the short-run impact is stronger in those countries where fluctuations are more …
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