existing literature takes the approach of estimating production functions in which the total factor productivity (TFP) of the …

This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in … focuses on the impact of R&D and patents on firms’ performance and productivity, we examine data on actual investment … achieved higher productivity, and these estimated quantitative effects are greater than the impact of standard innovation …

productivity growth within the externalities type endogenous growth theory. The competitive equilibrium of our model indicates that … a technological spillover from FDI has positive effect on the total factor productivity of the host economy. To … positive long-run effects on total factor productivity. …

. Host country equity participation in foreign firms is consistent with higher unconditional productivity spillovers to …

FDI. In the second “expansionary” phase the sustained convergence has to rely more on productivity growth in sectors that …This paper investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver of improved productivity … performance of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and Russia (CEER) relative to the EU-15 and the U.S. during the 1990s …

industry productivity and wages over the first ten years of NAFTA, paying particular attention to the source country and … composition, and sources from 1994-2005. There is evidence of a positive effect of FDI on productivity, particularly total factor … productivity (TFP). The effect on wages is negative or zero at best, suggesting a divergence from productivity over this time …

This paper investigates the effect of foreign presence on the productivity of manufacturing industries in Ghana, using … firm level panel data. We examine both labor and total factor productivity (TFP), which we compute using the Levinsohn and …