productivity with Western Germany from 1991 to 1996, growth rates in the producing sector have dropped below those in Western … special case of Eastern Germany, I suggest identifying productivity gaps by using comparable Western German firms as a …Since the German re-unification in 1990, Eastern Germany has been a transition economy. After a phase of catching up in …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions …

This paper presents an empirical study on productivity growth using data from the Flemish part of the Community … Innovation Survey 2005. In particular, we investigate growth differences between R&D-performing firms and non-R&D performers. As … process innovation are introduced in the model, the contribution of R&D drops to about 4%-points. Interestingly, we find that …

member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the firm. We exploit firm … Flemish SHC policy on productivity. …