total factor productivity (TFP) for the Slovenian manufacturing sector in the 1994-2003 period. The theoretically predicted … foreign firm’s entry. Thirdly, regarding the productivity spillover effects from foreign to local firms we provide indirect …

This paper studies the impact of size on labor cost and productivity for Italian manufacturing firms. The distributions … of both labor cost and productivity display a wide support, even when disaggregated by sector of industrial activity …. Further, both labor cost and productivity, when considered alone, are growing with the size of the firm. We investigate this …

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) are widely used, yet the evidence for their effect on productivity is still … industry and that endogenous growth will likely lead to reduce productivity. We conclude that higher quality PMS positively and … significantly correlates with higher productivity …

dispersion in revenue productivity should not be dismissed as mere artifacts of misspecification or measurement errors …

The impact of FDI on total factor productivity in Hungary during the 1990s is assessed with a large enterprise panel …. Foreign equity is associated with higher productivity levels and has a substantial, positive spillover effect on aggregate TFP …. Finally, State ownership implies lower levels of productivity, but does not hinder the capacity to respond to market …

supplying industries. Regarding the productivity spillover effects from foreign to local firms the results suggest that they …

It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can … be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable … growth in total factor productivity …

The paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalizaton on the total factor productivity, market share …/94 indicates very large total factor productivity gains in the period to 1994, which were accompanied by large falls in market …

The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including Finland … single-product firms. While single-product firms outperform multi-product firms in productivity, the study shows that product … diversity is positively related to productivity. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that there is a positive relationship …