employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of … help firms to grow larger but do not improve their productivity. …

past few decades when the large emerging economies - notably China - have increased their role in world's industrial … ; globalization ; emerging economies ; mechanical and electrical engineering ; productivity …

generate notable multiplicative effects in the economy. According to the findings, the productivity and the growth rates of the …

number of exogenous factors. According to the results, foreign-owned firms have higher productivity than domestic non …-multinational firms. There is no difference in the average growth rate of productivity if the difference in levels is not controlled …. Accordingly, a shift to foreign ownership has, on average, not affected the growth rate of productivity. The results concerning …