The COVID-19 crisis has hit Italy severely: by mid-2020, GDP had returned to the level observed in 1993. This is the …. In Italy, to return to a path of sustainable growth, implementing reforms aimed at creating a business … documenting Italy's delays in innovation and education, we discuss their interrelation with the structure of the productive system …

This paper studies the short-term and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for productivity in Europe … exercise. Productivity trends during the COVID-19 pandemic differed from past trends. Labour productivity per hour worked … temporarily increased, while productivity per employee declined across sectors given the widespread use of job retention schemes …

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

-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more … classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through …

of positive effects emerge. With respect to takeovers of German companies by foreign investors, the productivity and … international, we find positive productivity and sales effects for relatively small companies investing abroad, and this …