This firm-level study investigates the importance of innovation as a determinant of firm productivity and how firm … productivity could impact firm export survival. This is the first integration of the innovation approach, productivity approach … database from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, which covers six developing countries in ASEAN - the Philippines, Indonesia …

The present paper studies the relationship between R&D investment and firm productivity growth by explicitly accounting … for non-linearities in the R&D-productivity relationship and inter-sectoral firm heterogeneity. In order to address these …. Our results suggest that: (i) R&D investment increases firm productivity with an average elasticity of 0.15; (ii) the …

The present paper studies the relationship between R&D investment and firm productivity growth by explicitly accounting … for non-linearities in the R&D-productivity relationship and inter-sectoral firm heterogeneity. In order to address these …. Our results suggest that: (i) R&D investment increases firm productivity with an average elasticity of 0.15; (ii) the …

The present paper studies the relationship between R&D investment and firm productivity growth by explicitly accounting … for non-linearities in the R&D-productivity relationship and inter-sectoral firm heterogeneity. In order to address these …. Our results suggest that: R&D investment increases firm productivity with an average elasticity of 0.15; the impact of R …

In this paper, we analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation and export on firms' total factor productivity … productivity results than persistently exporting (innovating) firms with no persistent innovation (export). Combining both …

performance indicators, especially total factor productivity (TFP) and employment. We then use a propensity score matching …, especially in advanced economies, show higher productivity and employment dynamics in the years following the investment: the …

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 …

This paper examines the causal relationship between foreign mergers and acquisitions and firm productivity in the UK … positive aggregate effects on labor productivity due to capital deepening but not due to changes in TFP. -- Cross …-border mergers and acquisitions ; Productivity ; Firm heterogeneity …

domestic productivity. Our results display some heterogeneity across industries and types of acquisitions, suggesting a …