Firm Productivity, innovation and Financial Development /

How do firm-specific actions-in particular, innovation-affect firm productivity? And what is the role of the financial sector in facilitating higher productivity? Using a rich firm-level dataset, we find that innovation is crucial for firm performance as it directly and measurably increases producti...

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Glavni autor: Verdier, Genevieve
Daljnji autori: Dabla-Norris, Era, Kersting, Erasmus
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/049
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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