This paper explores the contribution of knowledge capital to total factor productivity differences among regions within … empirically test the model, to measure both direct and indirect effects of knowledge capital on regional total factor productivity …

to test disputable differences in productivity for many other countries where such questions can be of national concern …

of proxy variables, whereas Total Factor Productivity is used as a measure of economic growth. Panel data of 26 European …. Business Birth Rate, Self-employment Rate, Business Investment and Labour Productivity Growth were all found to be highly …

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

which R&D offshoring is associated with productivity dynamics of European regions. We find that offshoring regions have … higher productivity growth, but this positive effect fades down with the number of investment projects carried out abroad. A … large and positive correlation emerge between the extent of R&D offshoring and the home region productivity growth …

Advanced economies have been witnessing a pronounced slowdown of productivity growth since the global financial crisis … productivity slowdown over the past two decades in four closely integrated European countries, Austria, Denmark, Germany and the … Netherlands, based on firm-level data. Participation in global value chains appears to have affected productivity positively …

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 …

Measures of institutional quality are strong predictors of cross-country differences in income and productivity. The …