efficiency of delivering data services (data usage by subscribers) of 94 mobile operators from 28 countries through the method of … data envelopment analysis (DEA). The study also provides a case study of the highly efficient but also very dissimilar data … efficiency likely due to country level initiatives. Furthermore, majorly economic disparities between countries highly affect the …

. In this paper, using input and output data at the provincial level, we employ DEA-based Malmquist productivity index to … estimate productivity change, technological change, and relative efficiency change in China's telecommunications industry for … substantial productivity growth. The actual productivity growth pattern in the sector, however, need to be empirically examined …

to expand economically and improve the quality of life for the population. Yet, productivity, profits and efficiency are … specificities and differences among metropolis is called for. However there has been a relatively scarce recording of productivity … and efficiency in cities and metropolitan areas in Mexico. This paper attempts to add evidence on the issue of disparities …

productivity for a sample of 33 developing countries over the period 1980-2005. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find that …: (i) outward FDI has, on average, a positive long-run effect on total factor productivity in developing countries, (ii …) increased factor productivity is both consequence and a cause of increased outward FDI, and (iii) there are large differences in …

Keywords: endogenous growth theory, new economic geography, knowledge spillovers, total factor productivity, agglomeration …

The focus of the paper is on evaluating the productivity gap between rural and urban locations in the UK using micro … data. We build a structural model of the unobservable productivity emphasising the link between productivity and spatial … - 2001. We allow market structure to differ by endogenous export status and location choices and model productivity as a …

Firms productivity is crucially influenced by knowledge spillovers generated either by other firms located nearby or by … efficiency-enhancing knowledge diffusion, which can be exploited by local firms to extract relevant information on consumer … exploit the new information and increase the overall efficiency level of the local economy. More specifically, we examine …

knowledge spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP) in China ? at the level of Chinese regions ? through the lens of the … regional knowledge capital model (KCM). The KCM has become the cornerstone of the productivity literature and has been applied … in numerous empirical studies focusing on firm-level productivity, subsequently extended to the more aggregated industry …

There is a substantial heterogeneity in productivity when comparing individual firms. However, even when heterogeneity …

productivity differences among regions within a regression framework in general and the impact of their spillovers on regional … total factor productivity in particular. The focus is laid on interregional spillovers between the Western and Eastern EU … conventional reservoirs of knowledge - patent stocks - falls. Vienna appears to be the largest contributor to the productivity …