number of national firm level studies on the innovation-productivity link have been conducted using new internationally … observations from Germany and Sweden. Applying a knowledge production function that gives the relationship between innovation input …, innovation output and productivity, we find to a very large extent a common cross-country story for knowledge intensive …

The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by …) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be … especially the most recent generation of IT as indicated by the number of PCs used is the source of productivity growth whereas …

estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service … productivity differentials between firms. …

We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and … investment positively impinges upon production growth as a productivity driver. We thus conclude that environmental regulation … should stimulate investment in order to be compatible with economic goals such as productivity. …

internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation …, universities or specialized suppliers. Based on a sample of more than 2,500 firms in Germany we contrast young and mature firms … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the …

establishments. Finally, we do not find evidence that a youth-centred human resource strategy (always) fosters innovation. …

This paper explores the role of R&D worker mobility on innovation performance. As one main novelty, we employ churning … innovation through inter-firm knowledge spillovers and improved job-match quality up to certain threshold. The point when costs …

Germany?s bank-based system of internal control, ownership concentration is harmful for productivity growth. …Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 …

governance and market discipline on productivity growth. We find that firms under concentrated ownership tend to show … significantly higher productivity growth. Financial pressure from creditors influences productivity growth positively, particularly … for firms in financial distress. Regarding market discipline, productivity grows faster when competition on product …

In order to assess the productivity effects of information and communication technologies (ICT), regressions based on …?GMM estimator yields evidence for significant productivity effects of ICT which are substantially smaller though than those …