The paper presents a detailed industry-level productivity analysis (52 industries) for the effects of industry … industry structure and productivity growth of an industry. The analysis reveals positive effects of vertically disintegrated … analysis is the recently collected productivity database for Germany. The Ifo Productivity Database, which is unique due to its …

US productivity growth surged twice post 1995 and post 2000. In contrast Germany registered two successive productivity … in German total factor productivity. Almost half of German industries (accounting for over 45 percent of German output …-added exhibited negative labor productivity growth during the same period. The negative German productivity trend is thus continuing …

US productivity growth surged twice post 1995 and post 2000. In contrast Germany registered two successive productivity … in German total factor productivity. Almost half of German industries (accounting for over 45 percent of German output …-added exhibited negative labor productivity growth during the same period. The negative German productivity trend is thus continuing …

While the US experienced two successive labor productivity surges in 1995 and 2000, Germany’s productivity declined … dramatically during the same period. We examine the sources of Germany’s productivity demise using the ifo industry growth … deeply lacking in the mid 1990’s as compared to the US. The transition to the new economy mitigated the German productivity …

, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to … IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …

, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to … IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …

, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to … IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …

, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to … IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …

servitization on firm productivity. This paper concludes with policy implications for servitization …