manufacturing sector. To this effect, it deploys Sanjaya Lall's technology capabilities conceptual and methodological framework to …

Firms often use social networks to find workers, limiting the pool of potential applicants. We conduct a field … experiment subsidizing firms' formal vacancy posting. The subsidies increase non-network employee search and shift vacancies … towards high-skilled positions. Post-treatment, firms continue searching for high-skilled workers despite reverting to network …

Female-run firms are less likely to be exporters although they exert positive influence in various aspects in an economy … and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity … premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium than …

Female-run firms are less likely to be exporters although they exert positive influence in various aspects in an economy … and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity … premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium than …

) on firms’ size distribution (FSD) and determining factors of inequality of firm sizes. One approach is the ‘Law of …&D expenditure, excess capacity and mean firm size are statistically significant and inequality increasing. Number of firms operating …

presents a dynamic model of the export decision by a profit-maximizing firm. Using a panel of U.S. manufacturing plants, we …

This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness and determinants of product switching by U.S. manufacturing firms. We … find that one-half of firms alter their mix of five-digit SIC products every five years, that product switching is … incorporates endogenous product selection within firms. Our findings suggest that product switching contributes to a reallocation …

switching has been a defensive strategy against low-cost imports. In contrast, our results suggest that Estonian firms have …

This paper develops a model of endogenous product selection by firms. The theory is motivated by new evidence we … present on the importance of product switching by U.S. manufacturers. Two-thirds of continuing firms change their product mix … theoretical model incorporates heterogeneous firms, heterogeneous products, and ongoing entry and exit. In equilibrium, firm …

in the Swedish manufacturing sector 1985-1995. The skill-bias is further corroborated: it is confirmed although the …