tight link between exemplary performance and initial plant productivity, which is robust to many controls, including plant … associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …

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 …

-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1 … competition, which enables interpreting the estimated coefficients of a reduced form, dynamic productivity equation. The paper … blocks. In this industry, the expansion of the local market boosts industrywide total factor revenue productivity, while …

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 …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …

Drawing on a representative sample of firms, this paper presents some microeconomic evidence on the productivity growth … entry to overall productivity growth in Croatia is surprisingly negative. This is contrary to what would be expected based … used to support enhancements in firm productivity. In addition, appropriate bankruptcy rules play a key role by easing the …

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed … inputs display higher productivity, with the effects mostly concentrated among smaller plants with fewer than 50 employees … a more modest link to productivity outcomes …

This note presents the results of an empirical analysis of firm-level productivity growth in Russia's manufacturing … Performance surveys (BEEPs). The results show that productivity grew steadily between 2003 and 2008, with an annual growth rate … characteristics such as size, location, age, and the structure of firm ownership are important determinants of productivity, as …

Inappropriate regulation can influence productivity performance by affecting incentives to invest and adopt new … technologies, as well as by directly curbing competitive pressures. Results of a labor productivity growth model for European … exports plus imports to gross domestic product -- have positive effects on productivity growth. In Romania a 10 percent …

factor productivity and the OECD's foreign direct investment Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, combined with data from … observed increase in manufacturers' total factor productivity over the period. The total factor productivity gains accrue … both the transport and electricity, gas, and water sectors. Total factor productivity gains are associated, in particular …