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 …

The political unification of Italy in 1861 led to the establishment of a single market, by removing the trade barriers … same time, the Kingdom of Italy started a large infrastructure project to spread railways, which were largely confined in … Northern Italy, all over the country. Using tools from spatial econometrics, we find that railways played a positive effect on …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- international trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …

-enhancing investments in emerging economies. -- Total Factor Productivity (TFP) ; plant level data ; competitiveness and trade …

inward trade barriers affect productivity. The production function of Brazilian manufacturers is estimated at the ISIC3 two …-digit level under various alternatives, including an extension of Olley and Pakes' (1996) procedure. Firm-level productivity is … inferred and then related to trade. Findings suggest that (1) foreign competition pressures firms to raise productivity …

We study how increased import competition affects the evolution of productivity in a small open economy. We use a … productivity. We find that a 1% increase in the import share leads to a 1.05% gain in productivity. This elasticity translates into …

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 …

productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … substitution of temporary employees in favour of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …. -- employment contracts ; productivity ; institutional changes …