This paper examines whether the productivity growth in the West-German states is influenced by the provision of public … infrastructure. Medium-term labour productivity growth and output growth varies a lot between German states. This differences are … more pronounced during the eighties. The traditional total factor productivity shows a smaller difference than labour …

prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …

competitiveness, specifically with a stronger emphasis on productivity performance, the paper also introduces a more elaborate … framework that takes into account the interactions between country-specific factors and firm-level productivity. It thus makes …

potential candidate countries. The analysis reveals that total factor productivity growth has been the main driver of … negative link between the initial level of GDP and subsequent growth. Labour productivity has improved in most countries, while … are needed in terms of labour productivity and utilisation, as well as in terms of physical and human capital accumulation. …

explained those four channels that had a robust influence on economic growth and productivity. When comparing the use of … productivity gap between the developed and developing nations. By processing a large quantitiy of information gained from Hungarian … level of using ICT devices and profitability together with total factor productivity. Although the impact of using ICT …

Which firms find it optimal to integrate their input suppliers into the firm boundaries of control (vertical …

This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and … retaining or increasing market share rather than increasing productivity. Half of firms do not formally protect the intellectual …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …