This paper examines the impact of investment in knowledge-based capital on firm productivity. The analysis is based on … and above other factors, an increase in investment in knowledge-based capital of 10 per cent increases firm productivity … by 2 per cent. The research results indicate that productivity gains linked to investment in KBC are larger for Irish …

, however, there still is a large room for increasing productivity and efficiency to boost the agricultural potential of the … found in terms of policy effect on productivity and efficiency. The results of the analysis showed that direct subsidy … the improvement of agricultural infrastructure. This will influence positively not only productivity and efficiency, but …

establishment productivity and markups. The elimination of local barriers that were inconsistent with national legislation was the …. The paper finds that the elimination of subnational barriers to entry boosted the (revenue) productivity of establishments … raise the establishments' markups, which, if anything, declined, suggesting that physical productivity improved. The paper …

Since the early 1990s, there have been larger and increasing labor productivity differences across industries in Japan … productivity performance. …