technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … based on the technology group. High technology and low technology firms are estimated separately in order to reveal … technology firms which operate in areas such as chemicals, electricity, and machinery as compared to that of the low technology …

This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy are affected by violence due to drug trafficking. Employing rich … utilization. Resilience to violence differs widely across different types of employment within firms and across firms with … of the most affected firms and the channels through which they are affected. …

affiliation provides an advantage over unaffiliated (or private independent) firms with respect to technological progress, which … lies at the heart of wider economic growth and prosperity. Our results suggest that while business group affiliation did … provide an advantage over private independent firms at the start of the sample period (2000), this advantage was more than …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …

In principle, firms in developing countries benefit from the fact that advanced technologies and products have already …. But for many firms this advantage remains elusive. What is getting in the way? This paper reviews recent firm … various dimensions of upgrading - learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase … their labor productivity. Overall, the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in micro firms does not largely differ …

sharp reduction in the firm's innovation response to exogenous demand shocks for firms just below the regulatory threshold … measured by citations and text-based measures of novelty). A more regulated economy may have less innovation, but when firms do …Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much? We build a tractable and quantifiable …