productivity but the combination of IT and decentralization does not yield a productivity premium. Contrarily, for the sample of … larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that …

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …

linkages between the firm's R&D investment, product and process innovations, and future productivity and profits. The dynamic …&D investment. For the median productivity firm, investment in R&D raises firm value by 3.0 percent in a group of hightech … significantly affect R&D investment rates and productivity changes in the high-tech industries. …

This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States. …

(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for import-related spillovers, but it …

but not by financial reforms or productivity gains. …

collapsing investment and shrinking employment. Sharp declines in productivity, reflecting in part transition-related factors …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between trade and total factor productivity (TFP) in South Africa. It …

used determinants of total factor productivity, a measure of the effect of labor reallocation and an index of economic … suggest that growth will depend, to a large extent, on educational investments and productivity gains in agriculture. …