The paper studies the drivers of productivity at country and sectoral levels over the period 2000-2017 with the focus … intangible digital capital for productivity growth, particularly in the manufacturing sectors. While backward global value chain … participation and EU integration are also found to be instrumental for accelerating productivity growth, the impact of inward …

indirect effects of the rise of industrial robots and productivity via international value chains on various industrial … technological advancements measured by total factor productivity (TFP). The results indicate that the overall impact of the …