as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South … (Bangladesh and India) and laggards (Nepal and Pakistan). Leaders present higher rates of innovation activities than laggards and …-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on 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 …

revenue per employee, value added per employee, total factor productivity, and employment growth. Improving the management … worker by 30 percent, and total factor productivity by 13.5 percent. What drives better management capabilities? Russian …

This technical note implements a firm-level productivity diagnostic using the census of manufacturing firms and a large … services survey in Kenya. By using a number of stylized productivity indicators, we aim to identify the ability of Kenyan firms …, implementing firm-level productivity diagnostics provide the necessary information for (i) improving the targeting of economic …

of the sources of productivity growth. In line with this framework, Chapter 1 begins with an overview of Thailand …'s productivity dynamics at the macroeconomic level and identifies the causes of its slowing GDP growth rate.7 Chapter 2 analyzes the … characteristics of Thai manufacturing firms and sub-sector productivity dynamics, revealing the drivers of firm productivity and …

Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs … to a sample of manufacturing exporting countries. The paper documents that, in a comparison with Kenya, India or Vietnam …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive …

aggregate productivity growth. The findings show that within-plant productivity growth, which includes the effects of fast … growth of young plants as well as robust growth of large continuing plants, played an important role in the productivity …. Moreover, productivity growth of an industry accompanied an increase of productivity dispersion, a measure commonly interpreted …

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 …