This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly...

In this paper we investigate how firms adjust markups across products in response to fluctuations in the real exchange rate. In a theoretical framework, we show that firms increase their markup and producer prices following a real depreciation and that this increase is greater for products with...

How trade shocks emanating from a low-wage country affect the productivity of manufacturing plants in other low-wage countries has been little researched. This paper investigates the impact of Chinese import competition on the performance of Indian manufacturing sector through the lens of...

This study investigates the management practices of 926 manufacturing plants in South Korea using the quantitative method by Bloom et al. (2019). The original management and organizational practices survey (MOPS) in the U.S. is revised to reflect the Korea-specific environment and merged with...

This study examines the impact of imported intermediates on plant productivity and the role of plant capability in explaining the heterogeneity of the impact. The study uses a survey database of medium and large Indonesian manufacturing establishments from 2000 to 2015. Imported intermediates...

The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including Finland. Against this backdrop, this study investigates product switching in Finnish manufacturing firms during the period of 2009-2019. The findings indicate a growing trend towards...

Purpose – This study aims to unlock the path of growth for sustainable economic development and accomplish the government’s vision 2030 by ameliorating the productivity of the manufacturing sector in Laos.Design/methodology/approach – This study applied cross-sectional data of 2,009 firms...

In this paper we provide firm-level evidence on the role of resource misallocation for total factor productivity development in Austria. We apply the indirect approach of measuring misallocation via the dispersion in marginal products within narrowly defined industries of Hsieh and Klenow (2009)...

This article explores the association between persistence of high-growth and crucial dimensions of firm structure and performance (productivity, profits, investment patterns, innovation, and financial structures) to shed light on what makes a persistent high-growth firm. We employ a...

Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational “fitness” within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to both the practice and...