-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …This paper describes and benchmarks innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South Asia region, as well … as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …

This paper documents the sources of the Republic of Korea's economic growth, as well as the associated productivity … growth and efficiency dynamics during its process of structural transformation from 1970 to 2016. The analysis includes land … makes significant differences in measuring the magnitudes and directions of change in sectoral total factor productivity …

an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation …This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on …, education, market efficiency, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on underlying proxies, the paper constructs indexes …

There is a global trend toward more production, use, and sale of services by manufacturing firms. This phenomenon is … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear … known as the servicification of manufacturing. Services inputs as well as services activities within manufacturing firms …

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 …

revenue per employee, value added per employee, total factor productivity, and employment growth. Improving the management … worker by 30 percent, and total factor productivity by 13.5 percent. What drives better management capabilities? Russian …