Export is an important contributor to growth with numerous direct and indirect macroeconomic benefits. Moreover, firms …

productivity could impact firm export survival. This is the first integration of the innovation approach, productivity approach …, innovation output, firm productivity, and export survival. The four equations' findings suggest that the technology level of the …This firm-level study investigates the importance of innovation as a determinant of firm productivity and how firm …

In this paper, we analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation and export on firms' total factor productivity … productivity results than persistently exporting (innovating) firms with no persistent innovation (export). Combining both … an eight-year time span (1998-2006) which allow us to measure the effect of different time activities, both in innovation …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …

separates taste from quality and productivity (TFPQ) at the firm-product level. Export data by destination countries allow us to … revenue. Productivity (TFPQ) differences between firm-products become more prominent than taste in explaining export success … identify the level of taste from consumer heterogeneity across destinations. We decompose export revenue into the contribution …

structure, innovation of operations, individual characteristics as well as farm location. Productivity performance by farm …This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of … farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and …

economies may adopt technologies embodied in imported hardware. Additionally, we link productivity and innovation output to … process innovation in all performance features except for labor productivity. However, higher efficiency does not improve the …This paper studies how innovation strategies of Russian manufacturing firms affect various features of firm performance …

This paper aims to study the impact of salesperson human capital investment on the export performance of heterogeneous … expenses to sales. We find that human capital investment I has a significant positive effect on export performance, while human … capital investment II shows a "positive U-shaped" relationship with export performance. Considering the heterogeneity of …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …

“polarization,“ causing low-productivity firms to exit the market while others temporarily distort their employment upward …. Dynamically, firms are incentivized to improve productivity to meet targets. Using novel data from East German firms post … exit probability, and 10% higher annual productivity growth over the target period. Structural estimates reveal substantial …