This chapter provides a literature overview on the use of input-output (I-O) analysis in efficiency and productivity …

This paper uses a theory-based measure of productivity-based comparative advantage to examine the trade performance of … developing Asian economies in manufacturing and services over the 1995-2011 period. We find that the growth in service exports … was nearly as rapid as that in manufacturing over this period - a little-appreciated fact. Services are therefore an …

intermediate inputs may also enhance domestic firms' performance, through the shared supplier spillovers of foreign direct … better performance of the domestic firms that shared their suppliers. Overall, the shared supplier spillovers of FDI explain … 1/4 of the product scope expansion and 1/3 of the productivity gains within domestic firms …