studies as a whole, there is compelling evidence that human capital increases productivity. Although there is an important …

structurally estimate the key parameters of our model to construct counterfactual size, productivity and welfare distributions …

the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …

Despite competition concerns over the increasing dominance of global corporations, many argue that productivity … superstars intensive in R&D, IT and/or human capital. In addition to productivity spillovers, we document the transmission of … firm's existing network. These results suggest an important role for raising productivity through the supply chains of …

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … cross-country total factor productivity differences. …

This paper studies the implications of perceived default risk for aggregate output and productivity. Using a model of … credit across firms with heterogeneous productivity. Further, we find that these losses accounted for over half of the … productivity fall between 2008 and 2009, and persisted for smaller (although not larger) firms. …

&D knowledge located in the US. The positive influence on total factor productivity is larger if the research of the inventors …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …