What factors underlie industry differences in research intensity and productivity growth? We develop a multi … consumer preferences. We find that long run industry differences in both productivity growth and R&D intensity mainly reflect … research cannot account for industry differences in productivity growth rates, and that variation in intertemporal knowledge …

Japan, Europe and the United States." "It argues the SMEs will make or break the future of Europe and that a new model based … not examined before in English, it also reveals how important the SME sector is for Japan, and explains the different … them from being absorbed by larger companies through M & A, which occur regularly in Europe." "Overall, this book offers …

technologyintensive manufacturing industries and is positively correlated with growth in total factor productivity across countries and …