This study assesses the total factor productivity, efficiency and its determinants in the hotel sector in the period 1999-2007, with the objective to analyze the management implications of these outcomes. The results show improvements in productivity due to innovation, with significant...

This study investigates two objectives using a cohort approach: first, the firms' growth and, second, the technical efficiency of entrant and incumbent firms with a non-parametric approach, keeping in mind changes in the Spanish retail environment. The results obtained suggest, on the one hand,...