different internationalization states according to their productivity levels. While these papers ignore the fact, that the … with a broader investment strategy, reflecting a great importance of market-driven motives, show higher productivity levels …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

This paper combines a literature identifying the sources of productivity growth with a literature exploring differences … aggregate labour productivity growth in the Irish manufacturing sector between 1998 and 2004. Using the Breunig and Wong (2007 …) decomposition technique, we uncover the contributions to aggregate labour productivity of continuing, entering and exiting firms …

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 …

improvement in productivity. Both econometric and non-parametric approaches are applied based on a 6-year balanced panel data of … international trade volume and trade structure towards high-tech exports result in positive effects on China's regional productivity …

Most of the empirical studies on the micro-level effects of exporting on productivity pay little attention to the … potentially heterogeneous effects of the different modes of export market entry. We study how productivity of firms is affected by … markets or with several products leads to higher growth in productivity, compared with entry into only one foreign market or …

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 …