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

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …

mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in …

mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in …

This paper is unique in testing the importance of the foreign ownership definition when estimating productivity … companies. In addition, it moves beyond the standard framework by not only analyzing aggregate productivity spillovers, but also … negative productivity spillovers. Finally, the estimations show that the negative spillovers largely stem from foreign firms (i …

factor productivity in a large sample of Italian firms. By splitting the full sample on the basis of the ex-ante likelihood … shocks, provided they affect all firms randomly. Both market power and total factor productivity are estimated by applying …" firms a positive transitory shock to productivity growth rates is observed immediately after the announcement of the reform …

interactions that increase productivity), possibly reinforced by localised natural advantage. To distinguish between them, we nest … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the … cannot explain spatial productivity differences. This result holds across sectors, city size thresholds, establishment …

probability to stop exporting during protection compared to unprotected firms. Finally, we find that the productivity of exporters …