We present a household production model that incorporates multitasking and results from a customized experiment … designed to measure the individual-specific productivity parameters from this model. We observe these productivity parameters …

productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements …

innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …

dispersion, and 2) the correlation between within-firm skill dispersion and productivity is positive in industries with higher …

Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries – France, Germany and the United Kingdom …The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor … migration and innovation at the sectoral level. This allows us to measure the direct contribution of migrants in the sector in …

stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 …-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more …

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions …

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … their labor productivity. Overall, the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in micro firms does not largely differ … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …