Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American … dynamics at play in the service sector in the region and the relationship between productivity and innovation in services (as … prolonged productivity lags in the region, while, if well designed and implemented, could have large economic payoffs. This …

on a firm's productivity and what the consequences are for a firm's profits. …

-sponsored training leads to higher productivity levels and increased innovation, both of which benefit the firm. Training can also be …

's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment's outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …

to influence productivity. To this end we estimate plant-level production functions augmented by regional characteristics …

This study investigates induced productivity effects of firms introducing new environmental technologies. The … literature on within-firm organisational change and productivity suggests that firms can achieve higher productivity gains from … associated with lower productivity, the simultaneous implementation of green technologies and organisational innovations is not. …

hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in the dispersion of wages and productivity has occurred across … establishments and these changes are linked. Second, that the increased dispersion in wages and productivity across establishments is …-plant measures of wage and productivity dispersion have increased substantially over the last few decades; and (4) a significant …