It is standard in the literature on training to use wages as a sufficient statistic for productivity. This paper … examines the effects of work-related training on direct measures of productivity. Using a new panel of British industries 1983 … productivity. A one percentage point increase in training is associated with an increase in value added per hour of about 0.6% and …

over productivity as sources of competitive advantage. The paper also explores the implications of this strategic choice …, and concludes that, as a result, the ability of the industry to increase productivity and quality is compromised due to …

inexpensive solution for production studies is process simulation, which can help improve the productivity of construction …

The paper explores the productivity effects of investment in external (contract) vs. internal (in-house) R&D in a … productivity and the share of external R&D in total R&D. This result is robust to alternative econometric specifications. Thus … relationship between productivity and the share of external R&D for higher-technology industries, hinting at decreasing …

few productivity gains are possible. It is argued that the study of the other economy and its relationship to the market …

This paper presents a firm-level analysis of the productivity slowdown that has been recently observed in Italy. DEA … helpful in interpreting the nature of the observed productivity slowdown. Econometric regressions of the firms' TFP changes on …

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …