first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of …

foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, the difference in … of the observed changes in productivity and other aspects of plant performance. The results suggest that foreign … ownership leads to significant productivity improvements in the acquired plants. The improvements become visible in the …

"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across …

"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and … drives growth by encouraging investment and higher productivity. Various infrastructure, finance, security, competition and …

in terms of total factor productivity, although the difference is small. However, women entrepreneurs generate the same …