economies' growth prospects in a post-COVID world. Based on analysis of firm-level data, we highlight the prerequisites of …This paper focuses on the growth and convergence of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European EU countries (CESEE …). We argue that the factors behind the pre-crisis growth model of the region - skilled yet affordable labour force, foreign …

technology slows down. This allows us to identify a set of promising technologies which are expected to reach maturity in the …

productivity distribution - and their potential for productivity growth. It finds that laggards are on average younger and smaller … that there are barriers to technology and knowledge diffusion. This could help explain the much-debated productivity … accelerate the diffusion of knowledge and technology, and help laggard firms to catch up. …