Companies invest in research and development (R&D) to safeguard their competitive ability and increase productivity … that are located in a central urban agglomeration are especially productive. They additionally benefit from knowledge … transfer of knowledge among companies, universities, and non-university research institutes. Regional differences must be taken …

Companies invest in research and development (R&D) to safeguard their competitive ability and increase productivity … that are located in a central urban agglomeration are especially productive. They additionally benefit from knowledge … transfer of knowledge among companies, universities, and non-university research institutes. Regional differences must be taken …

in India on the grounds that such measures improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. In a developing economy …, these are costly propositions. Also, the effect of technological changes on productivity and efficiency levels must be … estimated before implementing such policies. This paper seeks to estimate trends in factor productivity, technological progress …

In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and …

-technology and lagging regions. While, through knowledge spillovers, urban technology can increase rural jobs, it can also reduce …

This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin … decomposition of direct and indirect (spillover) total factor productivity (TFP) growth, as well as the gross direct and indirect … efficiency of the respective provinces. The estimated results show that spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers are …