productivity. …

productivity growth in Chile between 1992 and 2004. The authors estimate an extended production function where plant output growth … positive and significant effect of foreign direct investment in services on productivity growth of Chilean manufacturing plants … investment in services account for almost 5 percent of the observed increase in Chilean manufacturing productivity growth during …

study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms …

This paper investigates the determinants of productivity in Indian manufacturing industries during the period 1988 … mobility as well as misallocation of resources across industries and states. Trade liberalization increases productivity in all … industries across all states, and productivity is higher in the less protected industries. These effects of protection and trade …

The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data …

The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to … to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The Enterprise Surveys also contain unique measures of firms' access … firm productivity and service performance in all three services sectors analyzed. The authors thus provide support for the …

The authors' analysis of manufacturing plants sampled from India's major industrial centers shows large productivity …

The authors analyze the determinants of firm productivity in a group of Mexican firms. In particular, they test the … important proximate source of productivity-access to informal networks. Interaction in the form of "business lunches" with local … firm's productivity. Access to regulators and agents of backward and forward linkages are important in settings where …