A key lesson from the U.S. literature on the impact of ICT on productivity is that ICT can only be effective if … that firms that implement organizational changes and introduce ICT have a higher incidence of productivity improvement …

(cotton productivity) in Zambia's agro-based Eastern Province as measured by repeated cross-sections of farm-level data from …) yield" compared to using "cotton productivity" as variable. In the latter case the following matching methods all have … "productivity" variable: Finally, some of the local linear regression and the Mahalanobis matching specifications yields positive …

development attained by the host economies. For enterprise level studies, conditionality relates to the type of inter-firm … methodological framework that allows country- and firm-level effects to be combined. We hand-collected information from 175 studies …

Measures of institutional quality are strong predictors of cross-country differences in income and productivity. The …, family management and financial frictions on input misallocation across firms using a unique dataset that combines firm …

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) are widely used, yet the evidence for their effect on productivity is still … for the study period 2003-2012. We develop a PMS score to aggregate the survey information and quantify how well a firm … industry and that endogenous growth will likely lead to reduce productivity. We conclude that higher quality PMS positively and …

We analyse the impact of Covid-19 on productivity using data from an innovative monthly firm survey panel that asks for … overall impact combined large reductions in ‘within-firm’ productivity, with an offsetting positive ‘between-firm’ effects as … quantitative impacts of Covid on inputs and outputs. We find total factor productivity (TFP) fell by up to 5% during 2020–21. The …

that are correlated with firm productivity. The main channel through which tariffs distort the allocation of capital is … inputs. Trade protection can provide space for domestic firms to increase prices and mark-ups, allowing low-productivity … misallocation, leading to aggregate productivity losses of 5-10 per cent. In particular, tariffs are strongly related to distortions …

of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and … technological capabilities, international standards are still conducive to higher productivity, through improved management … productivity premium. We further investigate the relationship between technological innovation and standard adoption. We find that …