a stimulus for productivity growth of local firms in the same region. … or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … growth.We test this hypothesis using firm level data for German and Italian company for the 90''s. and we find evidence of a …

We argue that social capital as proxied by regional trust and the Rule of Law can improve aggregate productivity …

productivity. HRM includes incentive pay (individual and group) as well as many non-pay aspects of the employment relationship such … literature on management practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity … regulation. The largest section analyses the impact of HRM on productivity emphasizing issues of methodology, data and results …