sample exceeds the threshold level beyond which further automation results in negative foreign direct investment growth and … direct investment is positive, but at a rate that is declining. So, although these are early warning signs, automation in …

found to be larger among firms with low productivity levels before the policy change, and in sectors where profit margins …

Automation will be a boon or a catastrophe depending on whom you listen to. This paper proposes an overlapping … can respond to increased demand from automation and subsequently whether automation will be beneficial or detrimental. In … automation. In testing the model's assumptions, the paper finds evidence that educational attainment, cognitive skills, and …

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 …

and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …