productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro … show that if we allow for a non-linear effect of education on output the whole of the average productivity differences …

been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income …

with HPWPs are more likely to make frequent suggestions for productivity increase and quality improvement. As such, this … through which HPWPs lead to better enterprise performance. -- High performance work practices ; employee voice ; Japan ; Korea …

with the size of production units. These distortions lead to sharp reductions in plant productivity and the fraction of … are critical in accounting for the differences in size distribution between the U.S. and Japan. -- distortions ; size … ; skill investments ; productivity differences …

This empirical study examines changes in industrial productivity in Korea between 1980 and 2009, focusing on how … investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and energy use, influence productivity levels. A dynamic factor … productivity growth in 30 industrial sectors. Describing industry-specific productivity levels is important for policymakers when …

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … cross-country total factor productivity differences. …

/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU … firms are more likely to achieve productivity gains through capital-embodied technological change at least in medium and low …

efficient technology and profitability obtain a higher productivity growth rate in comparison with their low energy efficient …This study measures productivity growth using the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity growth index (MML …-Luenberger (ML) productivity growth index. MML has two advantages compared with the ML index. The former is able to consider …