in absolute and relative terms is also studied. Finally, the personnel expenses and their relation with productivity are …

Solow (1957) approach and stochastical frontiers for measuring productivity. We find that the main contribution is in the …

relationship between technological change and productivity in a labour-intensive industry, as cotton. The study emphasizes the … methodological novelty it vindicates expressing productivity in a homogenous measure to avoid inevitable distortions in the series … some companies to face strong domestic competition with increases on productivity. However, new case studies have to be …

. The findings suggest that significant differences in productivity levels between the formal and informal sectors could … exist. This, in turn, might imply that the economy's aggregate productivity could be affected by the increase of the share …

This study investigates the productivity differences and its sources across a set of banks during the last years of the … regional distribution. Employing DEA productivity analysis and the Malmquist index, we discover that these changes were … regional banking groups, like the Catalan, can be linked with its low productivity levels. In consequence, in the light of our …

In this paper, we study empirically the relationship between export orientation and firm productivity in Chilean …

-à-vis its closest competitors, are related with productivity differentials or with differences in factor endowments. The … most important determinant of Mexico´s comparative advantages and export performance seems to be productivity differentials …