In this research innovation is considered as a production process, with outputs and inputs. The purpose is to compare the productivity of innovation across the twenty seven Member States of the European Union (EU-27), with a particular focus on Portugal. The data on inputs and outputs of...

We link a new UK management survey covering 8,000 firms to panel data on productivity in manufacturing and services. There is a large variation in management practices, which are highly correlated with productivity, profitability and size. Uniquely, the survey collects firms' micro forecasts of...