The paper investigates empirically the impact that outsourcing strategies have on the labour productivity of firms … cross-section econometric model of the productivity impact of outsourcing is applied to a sample of firms based in the local … kind of outsourced activities, the internationalization of the outsourcing firm and time horizon of the productivity …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension … profitable firms to grow faster. -- firm performance ; profitability ; productivity ; financial constraints …

values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility … while taking prices parametrically. This result justifies total factor productivity (TFP) as the right summary measure of …

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility …. -- Productivity ; welfare ; reallocation ; technology ; TFP …

activities have affected banks' productivity in the period 1994-2004, differentiating between technical change, efficiency change … and scale economies. We find that privatized banks experienced a significant increase in productivity, especially if they … subsequently merged with other banks. German banks were still able to increase their productivity through consolidation. -- Banking …