The measurement of efficiency and productivity growth at the regional level requires the researcher to select among … efficiency does not appear to be very sensitive to the choice of capital or technique. However, the measurement of productivity …

This paper aims at contributing to the debate on the determinants of differentials in firms’ productivity. The case of … Italy looks particularly interesting, since it is characterized by a substantial and long-lasting productivity gap of … factors, particularly the quality of institutions, play a central role in explaining Italian firms’ productivity. Consistent …

productivity. Moreover size has been found a highly significant variable in explaining differences in firm's innovative activities … and the returns of R&D expenditures, and it is a well-established connection between productivity and innovative … efficiency and then over their productivity. The analysis takes, also, into account other variables that could affect the …

there significant changes in the relative productivity's of industries in regions? Is there a connection between … productivity changes and changes in localization? …

India's dramatic trade liberalization starting from 1991 on market efficiency and productivity growth using Indian … from the shrinking of market size experienced no change or falling total factor productivity (TFP) growth; whereas leather …

American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios. …