While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and average industry productivity increases due to a selection effect. These …

investments, externalities and key actors in national innovation systems and productivity. This study explores whether foreign … knowledge technological knowledge spillover does not manifest itself in superior innovation output or productivity performance … that is subsequently exploited in affiliates abroad. Correspondingly, the innovation and productivity performance in …

outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Finally, the results on labor productivity are at … neutral with respect to labor productivity, and hence the issue of welfare gain and welfare drain is turned into a non-issue. …

neutral with respect to labour productivity, and hence that no evidence of welfare gain or welfare drain of foreign ownership …

performance from R&D and innovation. A comparison is made between the innovation and productivity of foreign owned enterprises, of … productivity. …

-exporters. However, many firms from the lower end of the productivity distribution are exporters. Germany is a case in point. A recent … study reports that these low-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in … exports is much higher among exporters from the lower end of the productivity distribution than among highly productive …