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 …

markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …

This paper examines input and productivity dynamics of manufacturing firms in the period leading to and following … export market entry. We examine 3 possible explanations for the observed productivity gap between exporting and non …

This paper studies the process of plant exit and productivity growth in Japan during the ‘lost decade’. A productivity … decomposition shows the low rate of productivity growth at the aggregate level to be due to slow within plant productivity growth … other country contexts except we find no effect from import competition. Our results suggest that the low productivity …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …

Using a micro database of Tunisian firms, the paper investigates the dynamics of productivity growth, employment and …-off between employment growth and productivity as it appears that the sectors (services) and firms (the biggest) that create the … most jobs are not those characterized by the highest productivity growth. Moreover, we find evidence of a week contribution …