We measure the impact of a drastic new technology for producing steel, the minimill, on the aggregate productivity of U …'s productivity is linked to this new technology, and operates through two distinct mechanisms. First, minimills displaced the older … technology, called vertically integrated production, and this reallocation of output was responsible for a third of the increase …

This Paper first documents the comparative productivity performance of the United States and Britain since 1870 … management, as a key factor. A model of the interaction between technology, organization and economic performance is then … must be analysed if the major changes in comparative productivity performance among nations are to be understood fully; (2 …

Productivity growth in the United States was considerably faster during 2000-03 than in the boom years of 1995 …-2000. This ebullient productivity performance raises numerous questions about its interpretation and its implications for the … justified on the basis of data through the end of 1999 in their claim that part of the post-1995 productivity growth revival …

This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign … establishments with minority and majority ownership differ in terms of productivity levels? Second, does the degree of spillover … comparable high levels of labour productivity and that domestic establishments benefit from spillovers. The degree of foreign …

-intensive technology because a lowering of variable costs requires additional use of skilled labour. This way, we establish a link between … trade, technology and relative returns to skilled and unskilled labour. Moreover, we show that as market integration …

of knowledge and technology in economic growth. …