investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large …-2008, for a total of 16,079 observations. Our main findings can be summarised as follows: knowledge stock has a significant … positive impact on a firm's productivity, with an overall elasticity of about 0.10; this general result is largely consistent …

, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique 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 …-tech sector turns out to have a minor effect. Instead, encouraging investment in fixed assets appears vital for the productivity …

This paper examines the impact of floods on firms' capital accumulation, employment growth and productivity by using a … is even more pronounced for companies with larger shares of intangible assets. Regarding the firms' productivity a …

how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …

question whether this has led to productivity gains within firms. I address this question by combining industry-level data on … offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …

received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA … questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how …

received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA … questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how …