We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

: their productivity level and its export status. In line with theories and empirical evidence on the absorptive capacity of …. -- FDI ; multinationals ; productivity ; spillover ; regions …