introduce a new framework, which combines trade and growth theory into a tractable tool for quantitative research. Our …

, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e., the ‘control … very important-but specific-function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … studies show that entrepreneurial firms produce important spillovers that affect regional employment growth rates of all …

at least half of product innovation and growth comes from firms that never patent. We also find that market leaders use …

efficiency, labor productivity, and growth. We also include imports into the knowledge production function, because catching up … economies may adopt technologies embodied in imported hardware. Additionally, we link productivity and innovation output to … process innovation in all performance features except for labor productivity. However, higher efficiency does not improve the …