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Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … countries, despite sound policies and institutions. At the same time, the country has lost export market shares. Denmark needs … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …
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Despite Greece’s long history as a trading nation, the country is failing to live up to its export potential. Small and … medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could significantly contribute to strengthening Greece’s export performance, thereby helping … SMEs in export activity. The paper also discusses the potential role of a development bank and stresses the importance of …
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The rapid internationalisation of the Polish economy has helped develop competitive export-led manufacturing and … services sectors fostering robust growth and productivity performance. However, the benefits of this development have been …. A broad range of well-coordinated policies is required to boost SMEs’ internationalisation and their productivity, while …
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. It examines the impacts of environmental compliance, and its combination with innovation, on TFP convergence of … environmental treatment - are only significant through their interaction with innovation. The β-convergence in firms' TFP is …
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and process/product output innovation. R&D is a main driver of innovation and productivity, even without networking. This … stimulating productivity and innovation. It can be a complementary factor in situations where cooperation and networking are …The paper addresses the relevancy of networking activities and R&D as main drivers of productivity performance and …
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Using data from Swedish patent applications, this paper examines the pattern of foreign technology sourcing in Swedish multinational and non-multinational firms. The results show that both types of firms are more likely to make references to countries with large patent stocks and to countries...
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This study takes stock of the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the CAREC landlocked economies in terms of their access to finance resulting from demand-side, supply-side and institutional constraints. This includes identifying cultural, procedural, institutional...
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in the value chains supply to export markets. Some practical recommendations are proposed, aiming to decrease financial …
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Uzbekistan set an ambitious goal to achieve the status of an upper-middle-income country by 2030, with the focus on growing a large and solid middle-class social stratum. The current reforms in Uzbekistan largely target the development of small businesses and private entrepreneurship (SME) as...
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