This paper uses a novel empirical approach to assess if the development of online platforms affects the productivity of …) and ten OECD countries using internet search data from Google Trends, which we link to firm-level data on productivity in … these industries. We find that platform development supports the productivity of the average incumbent service firm and also …

their relationship to productivity. Our results show that service firms differ considerably in their innovation strategies …, but that most of those strategies lead to productivity gains. -- services ; service innovation ; innovation strategy …Industry - and firm-level research into both innovations and productivity has long been limited to manufacturing. With …

generate spillovers. To account for the difficulty of productivity measurement in services, turnover-based, value …-added-based and input-based productivity measures are employed. I find weak evidence of positive spillovers to domestic non … competition is associated with higher productivity of the domestic firms in the transport, storage and communication and the …

observe a positive correlation be- tween digitalization and productivity in the early years, but more recent data suggest a …

The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by …) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be … especially the most recent generation of IT as indicated by the number of PCs used is the source of productivity growth whereas …

This paper analyses the performance of companies' R&D and innovation and the effects of intra- and inter-industry R …&D spillover on firms' productivity in Catalonia. The paper deals simultaneously with the performance of manufacturing and service … firms, with the aim of highlighting the growing role of knowledge-intensive services in promoting innovation and …

innovation output on productivity for entrants and incumbents. We find that the impact of R&D investment on labour productivity …In this paper, using Estonian Community Innovation Survey data, we study the role of R&D, capital accumulation, and … in their total factor productivity (TFP) than the incumbents. Moreover, entrants who innovate are on average, in terms of …

We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this … estimate an augmented structural model which links innovation inputs, innovation outputs and productivity. Our estimates … suggest that innovation in service enterprises was linked to higher productivity. In all three countries analysed, amongst the …