We study the link between exporting and productivity at the firm level. Like in previous studies we get support for … also obtain evidence for that exporting further increases firm productivity. Exporting firms appear to have significantly … higher productivity than non-exporting. Moreover, exporters - mainly firms that increase their export intensities - have …

Trends in productivity, labour, and investment in the retail and wholesale trade sectors for the Netherlands in the … productivity and that the productivity impact of computers is greater in retail than in wholesale trade. There are a number of … among retail firms, and these appear related to computer use. As expected the measured impacts of computers on productivity …

simultaneity of a productivity shock and the decision to import intermediates, we estimate the impact of the use of foreign … intermediates on plants' productivity using plant-level Chilean manufacturing panel data. We found that switching from being a non …- importer to being an importer of foreign intermediates can improve productivity by 2.3 to 22.0 percent. We also investigate the …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

abroad (market-driven vs. resource-driven FDI). Second, we highlight the role of productivity growth in the post-entry period ….Our findings suggest that productivity affects the FDI decision considerably whereas expected feedback and learning effects of FDI … on productivity are remarkably lower.We further detect that more market-driven MNEs exhibit a higher productivity than …

aggregate productivity growth. The dynamism of Asian NIEs (Newly Industrializing Economies) revealed in their export … the Annual Report on Mining and Manufacturing Survey of Korea (1980-2000), this study proposes to assess the links between … competition, technology spillovers, and firm dynamics in Korea. This research aims to contribute to understanding the micro …

This paper investigates possible negative effects of the 2002 US steel safeguards on productivity of Eurozone steel … of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) estimation among which the Olley Pakes semiparametric estimator, we first calculate … the productivity levels of companies, and then check for any unusual fluctuation in this performance variable. We find …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

This paper examines input and productivity dynamics of manufacturing firms in the period leading to and following … export market entry. We examine 3 possible explanations for the observed productivity gap between exporting and non …