We explore the role of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of domestic firms by drawing …

We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …

, the growing use of intermediates imported from China has contributed to the productivity growth within the manufacturing … production processes of 22 high-income countries. Using China’s productivity as the exogenous variation, the main result – based … average, lead to an increase in productivity by 0.65 per cent among high-income countries, and by 0.40 per cent in the US …

the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible … status and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binary treatment variable and comparing …'s export-sales ratio and its labour productivity growth rate. We find that there is a causal effect of firms' export activities …

firms position themselves in global production lines and how this evolves with productivity and performance over the firm …

in the same region is associated with increasing productivity of local firms, especially in form of cross …

firms position themselves in global production lines and how this evolves with productivity and performance over the firm …