performance and the nature of competition in international markets. We develop a model in which firms' organisational choices … determine heterogeneity across firms in size and productivity in the same industry. We then incorporate these organisational … choices in a Krugman cum Melitz and Ottaviano model of international trade. We show that the toughness of competition in a …

performance and the nature of competition in international markets. We develop a model in which firms' organisational choices … determine heterogeneity across firms in size and productivity in the same industry. We then incorporate these organisational … choices in a Krugman cum Melitz and Ottaviano model of international trade. We show that the toughness of competition in a …

performance and the nature of competition in international markets. We develop a model in which firms’ organisational choices … determine heterogeneity across firms in size and productivity in the same industry. We then incorporate these organisational … choices in a Krugman cum Melitz and Ottaviano model of international trade. We show that the toughness of competition in a …

data reveal a startling variation in productivity levels of foreign affiliates across the countries in Eastern Europe of … the same European multinational parent firms suggesting that not all multinationals transplant their home productivity … advantage to the new EU Member States and Emerging Europe. One candidate for this startling difference in productivity levels …

. -- economic growth; total factor productivity ; human capital ; technical change ; growth accounting …