occurrence. Eventually, we relate productivity and innovation slowdowns deriving tables of trends co-movements, weighted by input …A growing number of studies identify a generalized slowdown in labor productivity growth. The very existence of the … of the observed trends. We posit that the composition of aggregate productivity matters. In a nutshell, we make the …

literature. We discuss if lock-ins are really inescapable, especially when innovation is concerned. Also, we address the question …

theories of competition. Yet, despite its intuitive appeal, thehypothesis that companies with superior productivity also … the conventional view that focuses on individual productivities, our value-chainperspective on the productivity …

This paper deals with the topic of related R&D and innovation strategies of large firms. We ask what determines the …