The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between a firm's R&D activities and its productivity using a … can be summarised along the following lines: knowledge stock has a significant positive impact on a firm's productivity … target of R&D investment, suggests that firms in hightech sectors are still far ahead in terms of the impact on productivity …

Productivity in Russia has fallen steadily over the past 15 years. This paper explores micro-level data to understand … the contribution of individual firms to aggregate productivity. Overall, firm-level data corroborate the decline in … aggregate productivity and a widening productivity gap against several European countries. They also show that the gap between …