A quarter-century after reunification, labor productivity in eastern Germany continues to lag systematically behind the … West. Denison-Hall-Jones point-in-time estimates point to large gaps in total factor productivity as the proximate cause …

productivity. This task was carried out by Cambridge Econometrics, a co-operation partner, with a disaggregated database according … productivity and growth. …

spillovers from MNEs to local firms is known as the Veblen Geschenkron effect. Rather than the overall density of MNE in a region … or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … significant and robust Veblen-Gerschenkrion effect. The initial total factor productivity advantage of MNEs on local firm acts as …

In the paper, productivity convergence is analyzed with a broad panel of industry sector data for the United States and … had a significant effect on German sectoral productivity growth in the sixties and seventies. Some part of the catching …-up is due to capital-deepening, but most of it is total factor productivity convergence, i.e. endogenous growth models …

The present paper examines the effect of entrepreneurship capital and spatial productivity spillovers on Greek regional … Blundell and Bond GMM estimator suggests that entrepreneurship, spatial productivity spillovers and R&D capital have a positive … labour productivity during Greek financial crisis. A spatial autoregressive (SAR) dynamic panel data model using the robust …

productive compared to domestic firms, they may promote learning and catch-up of local firms. Such a channel of spillovers from … sector, it is their initial productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic … productivity growth. We test this hypothesis using firm level data for German and Italian companies during the 90's and we find …

enterprise resource planning and online procurement is positively correlated with labour productivity growth. Furthermore, we … between labour productivity growth and the percentage of enterprises with new or significantly changed organisational …