When searching for productivity spillovers from foreign firms, a firm is typically classified as foreign using a low … find no horizontal productivity effects using the low threshold direct ownership definition, we find positive and …

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

is found that patents ought to be weaker, the more intense competition, the higher R&D productivity, and the more …

in order to restore their productivity. To do so we develop an equilibrium matching model with an imperfect labor and … estimated negative impact of wrongful dismissal laws in the US on productivity and the positive effect on the number of …

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … conditional mean of labor productivity: through an observed binary indicator, an observed intensity variable or through the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …

This paper assesses the role of intra-sectoral spillovers in total factor productivity across Chinese producers in the … as a function of skilled and unskilled labor, capital, materials, and total factor productivity, which is broadly defined …, the extent of accumulated intangible assets, and unobservable total factor productivity. Despite the richness of our data …

This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign …

ventures in China from 1998 to 2007—roughly a quarter of all international joint ventures in the world—we find, first, that … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures …