productivity. We maintain, however, that the dramatic acceleration of imports from developing countries has imparted a significant … manufacturing productivity and value added, we implement the bias correction developed by Diewert and Nakamura (2009) to the input … offshoring. We find that from 1997 to 2007 average annual multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing was overstated by 0 …

Mergers lead to larger firms and a less competitive market structure, but their effects on innovation are not clear …. Mergers may improve innovation incentives by promoting economies of scope and scale, R\&D activities, and increasing the … ability to deal with uncertainties. However, mergers may also discourage innovation by reducing competition, increasing costs …

The impact of innovation on mergers has been a subject of debate in merger enforcements. Firms may decide to merge … because of increasing market share and expanding capacity. However, mergers may also be motivated by innovation since they … provide resources for commercialization of innovation and allow for capturing knowledge spillovers. There are myriad studies …

of exporting. Unlike other studies, productivity-enhancing (or cost-reducing) innovation shows a stronger correlation …Innovation and export decisions are closely interlinked. Both activities contribute to firm performance in various ways …: exporting provides a wider market to sell products, while innovation provides new and better products to supply those markets …

the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …

the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …