structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first …

to increase the productivity of service operations and the entire service sector, especially in the context of knowledge …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This …

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 …

estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service … productivity differentials between firms. …

In order to assess the productivity effects of information and communication technologies (ICT), regressions based on …?GMM estimator yields evidence for significant productivity effects of ICT which are substantially smaller though than those …

, somewhat surprisingly in light of the difficulty of achieving productivity gains in services, we also find that services labor … productivity grew at a healthy pace in much of the region. Overall our analysis provides substantial cause for optimism about the …