This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …-productivity profiles, which are consistent with human capital theory, and adds a new finding of a rather negative effect of age on firms …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that …

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U … intensifies competitive pressure, reducing sales, profitability, and R&D expenditure at U.S. firms. Accounting for confounding …