. Aspects of behaviour and performance studied include total factor productivity, employment levels, investment behaviour and … profitability. On the whole, energy taxes increased total factor productivity and returns to capital but decreased employment, with …, with some industries losing out in terms of productivity and profitability when faced with increased energy taxes, while …

This paper combines a literature identifying the sources of productivity growth with a literature exploring differences … aggregate labour productivity growth in the Irish manufacturing sector between 1998 and 2004. Using the Breunig and Wong (2007 …) decomposition technique, we uncover the contributions to aggregate labour productivity of continuing, entering and exiting firms …

This paper examines the causal relationship between foreign mergers and acquisitions and firm productivity in the UK … positive aggregate effects on labor productivity due to capital deepening but not due to changes in TFP. …

innovation and productivity performance. Our econometric results suggest that foreign affiliates and domestic exporters were more … and higher productivity than firms that served only the domestic market. On average, innovation output was positively … associated with labour productivity over and above other determinants. Access to external knowledge flows explain to a large …

We examine the effect of changes in international competitiveness on labour productivity growth through three channels … indicate that a real exchange rate appreciation had a negative effect on labour productivity growth once a firm's export … had a positive effect on labour productivity. An increase in import competition due to a real exchange rate appreciation …

We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this … estimate an augmented structural model which links innovation inputs, innovation outputs and productivity. Our estimates … suggest that innovation in service enterprises was linked to higher productivity. In all three countries analysed, amongst the …

This paper examines the impact of investment in knowledge-based capital on firm productivity. The analysis is based on … and above other factors, an increase in investment in knowledge-based capital of 10 per cent increases firm productivity … by 2 per cent. The research results indicate that productivity gains linked to investment in KBC are larger for Irish …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …

This paper examines the impact of investment in knowledge-based capital on firm productivity. The analysis is based on … and above other factors, an increase in investment in knowledge-based capital of 10 per cent increases firm productivity … by 2 per cent. The research results indicate that productivity gains linked to investment in KBC are larger for Irish …