may then force managers to improve the productivity of the firm in order to ensure survival. While this hypothesis has … competition shocks. We find that import competition leads to productivity increases in family-managed firms that are initially … unproductive. Productivity improvements are driven by family management as opposed to family ownership or non-managing family …

may then force managers to improve the productivity of the firm in order to ensure survival. While this hypothesis has … competition shocks. We find that import competition leads to productivity increases in family-managed firms that are initially … unproductive. Productivity improvements are driven by family management as opposed to family ownership or non-managing family …

This paper employs the Time Varying Panel Smooth Transition Regression (TV-PSTR) model to investigate the effects of … India's dramatic trade liberalization starting from 1991 on market efficiency and productivity growth using Indian … manufacturing firm data. We find that the effects of liberalization do follow a smooth transition process instead of previously …

Productivity, the efficiency by which firms convert inputs into output is central concept in growth related discussions …. This research is focused on analyzing productivity on a sample of Macedonian firms. The goal is twofold - first, to … construct productivity indicators by using firm-level data, with special focus to construction of total factor productivity (TFP …

return to total assets or productivity for firms who received support compared with the control group. …

Using a unique plant-level dataset we examine total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components, related to …

upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …