productivity growth ; technology indicator ; technology shifter ; OECD countries … call technology shifters (economic factors). We use several composite technology indices based on appropriate combinations … of the external economic factors which are indicators of different aspects of technology. These technology indices are …

technical change and TFP growth of provinces. -- Technical change ; total factor productivity growth ; technology indicator … trend (purely external non-economic) as well as other exogenous (external economic) factors (technology shifters). We define … technology index based on the external economic factors which are indicators of ‘technology’. Thus our definition of production …

trend (purely externalnon-economic) as well as other exogenous (external economic) factors (technology shifters).We define … technology index based on the external economic factors which are indicators of‘technology’. Thus our definition of production … to producer specificexternal economic factors. These exogenous technology shifters are aggregated (via hedonicaggregator …

, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontiertechnique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique … results of this study suggest that – if the aim is to leverage companies’productivity – emphasis should be put on supporting … lowtechsector turns out to have a minor effect. Instead, encouraging investment in fixed assetsappears vital for the productivity of …

by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is used on a unique unbalanced longitudinal … firms. From a policy perspective, the results of this study suggest that - if the aim is to leverage firms' productivity … other hand, corporate R&D in the low-tech sector is found to have a minor effect in explaining productivity. Instead …