of positive effects emerge. With respect to takeovers of German companies by foreign investors, the productivity and … international, we find positive productivity and sales effects for relatively small companies investing abroad, and this …

productivity performance of firms from a catching-up country (Poland) and a leader economy (Germany). Domestic owned firms are less …, the foreign ownership productivity premium decreases, leading to productivity catching up between foreign and domestic … firms' productivity performance is more stable along the GVC distribution. …

acceptance as well as promotion. We focus on a selfdirected measure of productivity: working paper output. This avoids potential … rates by sex, whether in levels, returns to productivity, or coauthorship patterns. …