This paper estimates the survival time of nearly 7,000 firms in a dozen high-income and middle-income countries in a scenario of extreme economic distress, using the World Bank's Enterprises Surveys. Under the assumption that firms have no incoming revenues and cover only fixed costs, the median...

This paper details the results from the first comprehensive survey of private firms across major urban areas in the Syrian Arab Republic-including Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia, and Damascus-since the conflict began in 2011. This builds on the World Bank's Enterprise Survey from 2009 and attempts...

"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of...