This paper investigates firm-level dynamics of labour productivity in China's manufacturing sector over the 1998 …-2007. Underlying the aggregate evidence of dramatic growth of labour productivity, one observes a large, even if shrinking, intra … effect of the characteristics of firms according to the ownership and governance structure upon the productivity …

traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …

the other hand, is the major force leading to convergence in productivity due to the effect of the diffusion of technology … convergence in productivity levels. The structural model is then tested for a set of OECD countries over the period 1965 to 1994 …

We offer a barrier model of growth with a broader understanding of the sources of productivity growth. Organizational … more on own productivity improvements through organizational change. Trade liberalization in backward economies does not … give the expected boost to productivity growth, because of low capability to take advantage of the frontier technology …

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …

This paper develops a measure of intangible capital and examines the contribution of intangibles to labour productivity ….23 in 1976 to 0.66 in 2008. The paper shows that intangibles made a significant contribution to labour productivity growth … and that the contribution of intangibles to labour productivity growth was only slightly lower than the contribution of …

Economists have long debated the best way to explain the sources of productivity growth. Neoclassical theory and 'new …, and research and development efforts - as a critical source of productivity growth, but they differ in fundamental ways … differences, both theories help explain productivity growth. The methodological tools of the neoclassical economists allow one to …