, scope, and productivity. Our model explains two puzzles. First, it explains the well-known size-discount puzzle: large firms … firms. In our model, globalization not only affects the distribution of observed productivities but also productivity at the …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US quot;productivity miraclequot; is due to … located abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

deeper division of labor among these teams which leads to an increase in firm productivity. The paper can be thought of as a …

that their functional form of how foreign R&D affects domestic productivity via imports is probably incorrect. We provide …

productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

&D investment: (1) Are there diminishing returns to inventive activities? (2) What is the relationship between R&D and productivity … between R&D expenditures and growth of output or total factor productivity. The relation is pervasive, though the magnitudes …, there is evidence that R&D as a factor of production affects not only productivity growth but also the demand for …

Monte Carlo based robustness test is proposed which compares the elasticity of domestic productivity with respect to foreign … larger and explain more of the variation in productivity across countries than if true' bilateral trade patterns are employed …