related to two measures of performance - productivity growth and market-share growth. The paper describes whether plants are … with relative productivity growth. In turn, growth in relative labour productivity is translated into growth in market … or the quality of their product and concomitantly their labour productivity with an increase in market share. The paper …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … of atypically rapid growth of total factor productivity (TFP) relative to levels in OECD countries, and that the rise in … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …

This paper analyzes productivity levels, dispersion and growth in the Bolivian Manufacturing Sector during the Market … promote economic growth with fairness. We show that in contrast to what was expected, productivity in the manufacturing sector … decreased steadily. We compute Total Factor Productivity (TFP), for the first time, using firm-level data and in addition we …

This paper examines the effects of tariff and non-tariff reductions on firm-level productivity and markups of large as …-level productivity for large firms whereas this is not the case for MSMEs. We posit that this might be due to the relative disadvantages … that Indian MSMEs face which prevent them from benefiting from trade liberalization. We also find that productivity gains …

Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have … the effects of local industry concentration on productivity. The main results show that a decline by 10 points in the … factor productivity of revenue. Local industry concentration also has heterogeneous effects on productivity across industries …

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation …

We explore the role of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of domestic firms by drawing … attention to the foreign ownership structure. First, we differentiate between market share (MS) due to competition effects and …

This paper assesses the impact of product market competition on job instability as proxied by the use of fixed … Strategies Survey, I show that job instability rises with competition. In particular, a one standard deviation increase in … competition in an economic sector decreases the probability that a fixed-term worker gets an open-ended contract within that …