innovation and productivity and firms tend to decline in sales and employment. …This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

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 …

. We consider the heterogeneity of both MNEs and domestic firms (global engagement, firm and sector dimension, productivity …

jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very … traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter …

Total Factor Productivity level for 2009, which is then explained in the second estimation step as a function of the …This paper evaluates the impact of accessibility on the productivity of Spanish manufacturing firms. We suggest the use … their measurement, and computing real distances or travelling times using the Spanish full road network. The estimation is …