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Embedding new technology creates opportunities and challenges for the global value chain (GVC). Using country-level panel data from 59 economies in 2007–2018, we construct a fixed-effects model to investigate the relationship between digital technology and the GVC position. Moreover, we...
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similar in several respects to business R&D performed by large firms and therefore contributes to economic growth through two …
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Recent studies have documented extensive heterogeneity in firm performance within countries, and innovation has been found as an important determinant. This paper addresses the issue of innovation firm performance across countries. A growing number of national firm level studies on the...
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especially the most recent generation of IT as indicated by the number of PCs used is the source of productivity growth whereas … growth what than its quantity. In any case we expect that the bulk of the IT-related productivity growth is still to come. In …
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productivity (TFP) growth in economics and management, yet little is known about its precision, especially when the capital stock … is poorly measured. Using synthetic data generated from a prototypical stochastic growth model, we explore the … state. As an application, we compute and compare TFP growth estimates using data from the new and old German federal states. …
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The primary findings of our study suggest that software firms that adopt the OSS-based business model are notably less productive than companies that merely offer proprietary software solutions. Our estimation results further show that the OSS business model adopters have not become notably less...
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This paper examines the causal relationship between foreign mergers and acquisitions and firm productivity in the UK over the period 1999-2007. Our results raise questions about the existence of aggregate effects of foreign ownership on TFP in the longer-run. However, we find significant...
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business processes around IT capital can thereby boost productivity growth. The aim of this study is to empirically examine how … firm productivity growth is affected by organizational changes and investments in IT using a Difference … total factor productivity growth for firms that invested above median in IT and at the same time undertook organizational …
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This paper is unique in testing the importance of the foreign ownership definition when estimating productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to domestic firms; a crucial aspect in countries with a widespread use of holding companies. In addition, it moves beyond the standard...
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firms, (iv) we highlight the role of post-entry growth for competitiveness. …
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