The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by …) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be … especially the most recent generation of IT as indicated by the number of PCs used is the source of productivity growth whereas …

-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of …, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity for services firms …

This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most … separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This …

for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity. …

firms always have a higher market share, there is no monotonic relationship between firms' productivity level and their … effect. Therefore, the incentive to add more products weakens as productivity rises. This leads to Lemma 3 in Feenstra and Ma …

productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. … is evidenced in a greater dispersion in productivity and related key business choices. We also find that the mean impact …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on …. Results for West Germany support the hypothesis that the productivity differential between exporters and non-exporters is at … literature to document that the positive productivity differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically …

Recent research on international productivity comparisons with historical data has encountered large discrepancies … argued that for Hoffmann's (1965) widely accepted time series for German industrial output, there is no such productivity …-German benchmark and the time series projection is considerable. Attempting to reconcile the time series evidence and the productivity …

We evaluate explanations for why Germany grew so quickly in the 1950s. The recent literature has emphasized convergence …