Productivity (TFP). Thus, this paper answers the call for more research on the links between a firm's external R&D and its … between R&D expenditures and productivity growth. The analysis considers the different contributions of various forms of R …&D (product, process, internal, external in collaboration with universities, research centres and other firms) to Total Factor …

symmetric Research Joint Ventures (RJVs) increase productivity to a greater extent than RJVs between asymmetric firms. The … effects of international co-operative R&D on short term productivity gains among European manufacturing firms and to clarify …

-specific (temporal) index number based profitability growth as a function of the profitability, productivity and price performance growth … that the steady decline in average price performance, gains in productivity and relatively stable economic profitability … after 2000, suggest that Ofwat is now more focused on passing productivity benefits to consumers, and maintaining stable …

factor productivity in a large sample of Italian firms. By splitting the full sample on the basis of the ex-ante likelihood … shocks, provided they affect all firms randomly. Both market power and total factor productivity are estimated by applying …" firms a positive transitory shock to productivity growth rates is observed immediately after the announcement of the reform …

This paper investigates the impact of ownership structure on the productivity performance of Russian industrial …

inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …

response to increasing sales volume and technical improvements, and advances would result from adequate investments in research …