Increased productivity is one of the main drivers of economic growth. Considering the increasing importance of the … service sector in many economies studies of productivity in service firms are essential, but still rare. Questions concerning … the underlying reasons for productivity differences in service firms are therefore important. Why is the productivity in …

In the literature, trade liberalization increases industry productivity through two channels. First, firms increase … productivity due to better and wider choice of inputs. In addition, at least theoretically, the mechanism of selection eliminates … the least productive firms from the industry. To disentangle the sources of industry productivity increase, we apply the …

Value Added and Net Income of farms, as well as indicators regarding factor productivity, highlighting the relationship … between productivity, farm typology and farm size. EUROSTAT and European Commission statistics based on FADN survey from the … correlated with labour productivity. Improving the efficiency of production factors should contribute to reducing the disparities …