level of R&D. We analyze whether different R&D activities show a positive influence on total factor productivity (TFP) for …

assets are conducive to firm-level productivity. Our study contributes to the literature by simultaneously comparing … productivity effects of innovative capital, human capital, branding capital and organizational capital and testing whether … econometric estimates confirm strong positive productivity effects of human capital and branding capital. Results for innovative …

productivity but the combination of IT and decentralization does not yield a productivity premium. Contrarily, for the sample of … larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that …

employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set contains 2143 German firms and refers … econometric analysis shows that firms’ labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile … internet access. Our instrumental variables approach reveals that mobile internet use does cause higher labour productivity. …

employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and … analysis shows that firms' labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile internet access …. However, an instrumental variable approach reveals that mobile internet use does not cause higher labour productivity. …

We scrutinize the impact of international productivity gains (spillovers) induced by imports and exports on optimal … tariffs. First, we solve a stylized 2x2 trade model of a large open economy and show that (a) productivity gains via exports … and imports both reduce the strategically optimal tariff, (b) there exists a certain strength of productivity gains such …