This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … are more dispersed in the Netherlands. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …

on top inventors based on the universe of US patents 1971 - 2007 to quantify the productivity advantages of Silicon … Rochester high-tech cluster. I test whether the change in cluster size affected the productivity of inventors outside Kodak and … the photography sector. I find that between 1996 and 2007 the productivity of non-Kodak inventors in Rochester declined by …

productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …. -- backward linkages ; multinational customers ; suppliers ; forced linkage ; productivity spillovers …

prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …The fraction of R&D active firms decreased in Switzerland but increased in the Netherlands from 2000-2016. This paper … examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity …

migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … ; innovation ; cultural diversity ; knowledge spillovers ; linked employer-employee data ; Netherlands … whether there are some productivity-enhancing externalities gained from this growing diversity within firms. In recent years …

's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the productivity impact of business visits, relative to traditional drivers of … productivity enhancement, namely capital formation and R&D. To carry out the analysis, we combine unique and novel data on business … results suggest that mobility through business visits is an effective mechanism to improve productivity. The estimated effect …

in the Netherlands. Using detailed secondary and administrative data we find compelling evidence of a positive …