productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education … that competitiveness is enhanced both by raising the general level of education in the workforce and by encouraging … presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor …

. Several variables are used to measure firms' access to skilled labor, such as their share of employees with occupation …Using matched employer-employee data, we investigate the influence of human capital inputs on firm productivity …-specific education and experience in horse breeding and hippology and access to a local pool of skilled labour. The results show that …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between 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 … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age …

-sized (SME) enterprises. Managers and professionals are likely to possess important tacit knowledge. They are also in a position … positive and statistically significant impact on the productivity of the hiring SME. Interestingly, our results suggest that … professionals with experience from international firms and enterprise groups contribute the most to total factor productivity …

We examine heterogeneous productivity effects of hiring top workers on small and medium-sized enterprises, using … longitudinal employer-employee data. We find the productivity effect to be stronger for firms with higher absorptive capacity in … terms of having a well-educated workforce, being in a knowledge-intensive industry or performing R&D. Technological laggards …

financial variables of Lithuanian firms. We focus in particular on the issues related to productivity, firm birth and death and … literature: trade participation and firm productivity are strongly positively linked, the 2008 recession has had a cleansing … importing firms since 2000. …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on …

We study the impact of broadband availability on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … firms' productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 …