This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

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 …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

sector, this paper examines productivity dynamics of formal and informal firms. We decompose productivity changes into …-formal transitions. Our results show that productivity is considerably lower and misallocation more prevalent in the informal than in the … formal sector. Yet, formalizing firms in Viet Nam make an important contribution to aggregate productivity growth among …

We study the impact of broadband availability on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 … firms' productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is …

decline in competition over the period. This increase in market power appears to explain part of the slowdown in productivity … from low-productivity to high-productivity firms. …

. Labor productivity rises 8% at targets over two years post buyout (again, relative to controls), with large gains for both … public-to-private and private-to-private buyouts. Target productivity gains are larger yet for deals executed amidst tight … sharply curtails productivity gains in public-to-private and divisional buy-outs. Average earnings per worker fall by 1.7% at …

Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this …' careers. At firm level, it features a robust positive correlation with firm productivity, and with managerial turnover leading …

of positive effects emerge. With respect to takeovers of German companies by foreign investors, the productivity and … international, we find positive productivity and sales effects for relatively small companies investing abroad, and this …