relationship between the margins of trade and firm productivity, both across firms and within firms over time. In addition, we … and the value of CAT exports responds differently to variation in firm productivity and trade costs than does the export …

relationship between labour productivity and international competitiveness, we argue that acute capacity underutilisation, caused … by supply-side constraints, lowers manufacturing productivity, which in turn negatively influences competitiveness. …

subsequently we exploit innovation indicators as potential drivers of firm's productivity. The results show that training … performances than by industrial relations. The analysis on labour productivity drivers shows that training activities are the most … to impact on productivity levels. It is worth noting that the role of ICT emerges more robustly when endogeneity is …

-2004. Regional Studies. The success of the Japanese economy in the post-war period was predicated on the rapid productivity catch …-up of its manufacturing sector to Western economies, although productivity varied widely among Japanese regions. This paper … examines the evolution of labour productivity in Japanese prefectures over the period 1968-2004. Employing Markov chain …

Minondo A. Exports' productivity and growth across Spanish regions, Regional Studies. According to recent studies …, countries specialized in goods associated with high productivity levels grow faster than countries specialized in goods … associated with low productivity levels. This paper analyses whether that relationship also takes place at the regional level …

activity relates to productivity and export behaviour. The empirical analysis is based on matched data from the 2005 UK … productivity prove complex, but suggest that innovation itself is not sufficient to generate productivity improvements. Only when … innovation is combined with increased export activity are productivity gains evident. [image omitted] Love J. H., Roper S. et …