of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and … technological capabilities, international standards are still conducive to higher productivity, through improved management … productivity premium. We further investigate the relationship between technological innovation and standard adoption. We find that …

SMEs are key to strengthening productivity, delivering more inclusive growth and adapting to the major transformations … of our time. SMEs that grow have a considerable positive impact on employment creation, innovation, productivity growth …

Exploiting China's anti-corruption campaign, we show that following a decrease in corruption, firm performance improves … corrupt environments experience larger productivity gains, higher growth of sales, and lower cost of debt than other firms …

nature of competition with China so that it does not take place on a level playing field anymore. Empirical evidence about … firms' reactions in developed economies to competition with China is inconclusive, however. This paper studies how small …