This paper examines technology sophistication in establishments. To comprehensively measure technology sophistication … 21,000 establishments in 15 countries, we find that the most widely used technology is usually not the most sophisticated … available in the business function. There is significant variation in technology sophistication across and within countries …

-up mechanism through capital accumulation where technology is embodied in new capital goods. Using a putty-clay model of production …

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain firm and national productivity, or do they simply …-weighted average management score. We present a formal model of "Management as a Technology", and structurally estimate it using panel …

Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using … annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … include our technology, vintage, and renovation variables. Sample calculations of the impact of pollution abatement on …

equal access to new technologies, this mismatch between skills and technology can lead to sizable differences in total …

-enhancing investments (technology). Empirically, less developed countries feature higher distortions and larger dispersion in firm …-thirds of cross-country labor productivity differences. Both selection and technology channels are important. Variation in …