We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …

show that productivity growth keeps pace with wage growth over the first four years of the career but flattens out … notion that learning-by-doing can be a powerful mechanism for productivity growth …

Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries – France, Germany and the United Kingdom …

productivity, but they also underscore the risks of quantity-based incentives where quality is important …

quality. However, little is known about how to increase managerial capital to generate persistent improvements in quality. We …

-market participation having generally larger positive effects on productivity and negative effects on unit labor costs. All four channels …, the marginal productivity gains of foreign-ownership are greatly reduced when the firm is already an exporter. Breaking …