as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …

productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that … structural transformation but instead to sustained growth in within-sector labor productivity. At 3 percent, the contribution of …, the main policy challenge for Malaysia going forward will be to achieve sustainable labor productivity growth within …

-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …

between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …

Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive … when compared to Bangladesh. Capital, firm size, or sectoral composition do not explain the low productivity of the …