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Productivity, the efficiency by which firms convert inputs into output is central concept in growth related discussions …. This research is focused on analyzing productivity on a sample of Macedonian firms. The goal is twofold - first, to … construct productivity indicators by using firm-level data, with special focus to construction of total factor productivity (TFP …
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We examine the link between new employees in leading positions and subsequent productivity in small- and medium … positive and statistically significant impact on the productivity of the hiring SME. Interestingly, our results suggest that … professionals with experience from international firms and enterprise groups contribute the most to total factor productivity …
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We examine heterogeneous productivity effects of hiring top workers on small and medium-sized enterprises, using … longitudinal employer-employee data. We find the productivity effect to be stronger for firms with higher absorptive capacity in …
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This study examines the impact of firm resources on ICT adoption by the Turkish business enterprises using firm level data. ICT adoption is measured at three levels: The first level is technology ownership. The second level is the presence of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer...
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The large majority of the work published on firm investment is done in the neoclassical frame of a rational optimizing firm attempting to achieve optimal size. While this frame addresses one important consideration in firm investment, it has two important shortcomings that this paper will...
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Export is an important contributor to growth with numerous direct and indirect macroeconomic benefits. Moreover, firms engaged in exporting activity tend to have superior characteristics compared to their non-exporting peers. The paper is focused on identifying reasons behind this superiority of...
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In this paper we propose a novel method for the price-cost markup estimation and study the relationship between export intensity and the markup. We impose much less restrictive identifying assumptions on technology and adjustment frictions compared to previous studies and use Swedish firm-level...
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Cost functions and cost efficiency are commonly estimated for industries with detailed data on production and cost, both for firms that are for profit as well as not for profit. The data on not-for-profits obtained from the IRS Form 990 lack these details and, consequently, encourage...
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In this paper we provide firm-level evidence on the role of resource misallocation for total factor productivity … capital/labor productivity build up more capital/labor and that financial constraints play a significant role, especially in …
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We document two new facts about the market-level response to minimum wage hikes: firm exit and entry both rise. These results pose a puzzle: canonical models of firm dynamics predict that exit rises but that entry falls. We develop a model of firm dynamics based on putty-clay technology and show...
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