relationship between labour productivity and international competitiveness, we argue that acute capacity underutilisation, caused … by supply-side constraints, lowers manufacturing productivity, which in turn negatively influences competitiveness. …

subsequently we exploit innovation indicators as potential drivers of firm's productivity. The results show that training … performances than by industrial relations. The analysis on labour productivity drivers shows that training activities are the most … to impact on productivity levels. It is worth noting that the role of ICT emerges more robustly when endogeneity is …

-2004. Regional Studies. The success of the Japanese economy in the post-war period was predicated on the rapid productivity catch …-up of its manufacturing sector to Western economies, although productivity varied widely among Japanese regions. This paper … examines the evolution of labour productivity in Japanese prefectures over the period 1968-2004. Employing Markov chain …

Minondo A. Exports' productivity and growth across Spanish regions, Regional Studies. According to recent studies …, countries specialized in goods associated with high productivity levels grow faster than countries specialized in goods … associated with low productivity levels. This paper analyses whether that relationship also takes place at the regional level …

activity relates to productivity and export behaviour. The empirical analysis is based on matched data from the 2005 UK … productivity prove complex, but suggest that innovation itself is not sufficient to generate productivity improvements. Only when … innovation is combined with increased export activity are productivity gains evident. [image omitted] Love J. H., Roper S. et …

high-tech R&D spinoffs, compared to their other spinoff counterparts, have better R&D productivity remains less well … experience can help R&D spinoffs to have higher R&D productivity. We thus propose three hypotheses that are then empirically … they actually have higher R&D productivity. …

ambiguity surrounding the productivity gap between Indirect Exporters and Domestic firms indicates that these two categories of …

competitiveness increase and a sustained economical development. The financial factors contribution at the labour productivity … Eastern European economies, had been playing an active role in increasing productivity, in the way towards a society based on …