We examine the determinants of product, process, and organizational innovation, and their impact on firm labor … productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of … different innovations on labor productivity: Organizational innovation has the largest effect followed by process innovation …

We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation … strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between … R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At …

duration dependence in Germany, with a particular emphasis on company and vacancy characteristics as potential determinants … individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are …

efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results indicate that firms in eastern Germany are significantly less efficient … than firms in western Germany. The paper also examines some of the possible correlates of regional variations in firm …

The view that high unemployment in West Germany and other European countries is caused by a path dependence effect - or … employment rate in West Germany, I find only weak evidence for hysteresis …

, Germany and Italy. …

. Topics covered include the estimation of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment, unemployment over time, the role of others …