ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …This paper describes and benchmarks innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South Asia region, as well … as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …

-constraints and the profitability of engaging in innovation (R&D). We decompose the effects of RER changes on productivity growth …

demand, borrowing-constraints and the profitability of engaging in innovation (R&D). We decompose the effects of RER changes … on average firm-level productivity growth across regions into these channels. We then structurally estimate the model and … growth of firm-level productivity and cash-ow and higher export entry rates. We find negative average effects for firms in …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an … extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self … productivity in foreign-owned firms and private domestic firms separately and find the former benefit more from exporting …

innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …