A major international transmission channel of productivity increases is trade in intermediate products and services … between industries. Our results using this novel approach indicate significant positive productivity effects from innovation … in knowledge intensive, high technology business services and confirm the productivity effects from international …

production MP in the presence of firm-specific productivity heterogeneity. The model captures the dynamic effects by allowing for …. We show that multinational presence improves average productivity by strengthening the selection process among … heterogeneity always magnifies average productivity, international spillovers and fixed costs of developing a new variety, which …

in which RD spending, innovation, productivity, and per capita income mutually reinforce each other and lead to long … impact on total factor productivity. We pay special attention to whether there is heterogeneity in the effects of investments … in innovation on productivity and whether there is any evidence of spillovers that could guide policy design. We found …

productivity at the firm level in three countries of Latin America Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. The main findings show that … innovate have higher labour productivity than non-innovative firms. Size was found to be a less relevant determinant of …