Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …

'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 …

Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that … productivity in services, but only ICT affects productivity in manufacturing. The absence of investment in ICT is associated with …

. Domestic productivity growth converges to the international rate through firm-level investment in process innovation. With … imported goods and the productivity differential of domestic firms with the rest of the world. We show that increased import … competition, through either a larger number of imported goods or a faster international rate of productivity growth, leads to …

. Domestic productivity growth converges to the international rate through firm-level investment in process innovation. With … imported goods and the productivity differential of domestic firms with the rest of the world. We show that increased import … competition, through either a larger number of imported goods or a faster international rate of productivity growth, leads to …

This paper studies how national research subsidies affect productivity growth and national welfare through adjustments … country's share of innovation and raises the rate of productivity growth. Although the non-implementing country experiences a …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …

This paper studies the relationship between export activities and firm-level productivity. Unique matching of German … a rise in firm-level productivity. That is, the annual average growth rate of an exporting firm's productivity is … foreign markets boosts firm-level productivity. …