[ger] Produktivitätszuwachs, Auftiolprozeß und Innovation: eine Analyse der produzierenden Sektoren der OECD, . von Fabienne Fecher.. . In diesem Artikel wird die Auswirkung des Nachahmungsprozesses und der Innovationstätigkeit auf die Entwicklung der Gesamtproduktivität der Faktoren...

The purpose of this study based on the econometric estimation of deterministic frontier production functions is to examine and to compare for the period 1977-1983, 14 sectors of the Belgian manufacturing industry from a sample of a thousand firms. We are especially interested in breaking down...

The purpose of the paper is to measure technical efficiency levels in 15 OECD insurance industries over the period 1983-1991 and to decompose productivity changes into technical progress and efficiency variations. We show that the growth in the productivity observed in all countries is...

The places of knowledge : from big science to research infrastructure -- Science, inequality, and public policy -- Biomed Europa : medicines that no one else will give us -- Green Europa : science and technology for saving the planet -- Digital Europa : how to get our data back -- Conclusion :...

Purpose: This paper looks at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the angle of the market for corporate control and analyzes in detail the reported rationales of a sample of 355 mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals performed by SOEs as acquirers over the period 2002-2012. The purpose of this...