As it takes time and effort to learn how to fully utilise new technology and realise its maximum potential productivity … gain, adoption of new technology tends to reduce productivity temporarily, even though the potential productivity gain in … potential explanation of the following two “productivity puzzles” reported in the Information Technology (IT) literature and in …

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to …

other public policies can narrow regional gaps in income, well-being and access to services, productivity growth is key to …, this paper documents the performance of Swedish large regions (TL2) on the main productivity drivers identified by the … high regional productivity, namely rail and road connectivity, knowledge-intensive employment and research and education …

leads to changes in incumbent firms’ productivity. We find that platform use increases labour productivity growth in firms … employment. What is more, productivity gains are greater for small firms and firms in the middle of the productivity distribution … in narrowing productivity gaps among firms. Finally, productivity gains are stronger in more dynamic platform markets …

Intangible assets are an important driver of productivity and ultimately output growth. Yet, despite their aggregate … rise in the past decades, productivity has continued to grow modestly in the majority of OECD countries. This is in part … analysis, the paper provides evidence that easing financing restrictions is particularly beneficial for productivity in sectors …

The recovery from the current deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require raising productivity through … competition, firms face weak incentives to become more productive. Sizeable shares of labour and capital are trapped in low-productivity …

to developments in labour productivity - allowing for human capital accumulation – and multifactor productivity (MFP …

implemented during the 1990s are now paying off in terms of productivity and GDP growth. Empirical evidence suggests that … deregulation has delivered a considerable “productivity dividend”. Although significant progress therefore has been made, renewed …