Explaining Total Factor Productivity at Firm Level in Italy: Does Location Matter?

Aiello, Francesco; Pupo, Valeria; Ricotta, Fernanda

doi:10.1080/17421772.2013.863428

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“…Equation () is firstly estimated through Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). As in previous contributions, results, reported in Table , show that labor quality, proxied by the cost of labor per employee, positively affects TFP (Aiello, Pupo, and Ricotta ; Ciccone ). In addition, exporting firms have, ceteris paribus , higher TFP (see, among many others, Aiello, Pupo, and Ricotta ; ISGEP ; Serti and Tomasi ).…”

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A Spatial Analysis of the R&D-Productivity Nexus at Firm Level

Cardamone¹

2016

Growth and Change

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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effect of research and development (R&D) on productivity by taking into account productivity spillovers. To this end, by using a sample of Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2004–2006 provided by the Xth UniCredit‐Capitalia survey (2008), we have analyzed the role of R&D in firm productivity by using a spatial autoregressive model. In so doing, we have allowed the productivity of each firm to be affected by the productivity of nearby firms. Results show that R&D significantly affects Italian firm productivity and that productivity spillovers across firms matter. Moreover, productivity is found to be positively affected by intrasectoral R&D spillovers, while intersectoral R&D spillovers do not have a significant effect.

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A Spatial Analysis of the R&D-Productivity Nexus at Firm Level

Cardamone¹

2016

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“…Specifically for Italy, Lasagni et al (2015) focused on the Institutional Quality Index for Italian provinces and found that local institution quality does matter, as it proves to be one of the main drivers of firm productivity differentials. Similar results were found by Manzocchi, Quintieri, & Santoni (2014) and Aiello et al (2014) when using different indicators (Note 14) and methodologies (Note 15). In model (3), the estimated parameters are invariant.…”

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“…In line with the literature, listed firms display higher productivity (see, e.g., Barth et al, 2005), while firms in the supplier dominated sector (the reference group in the model) have, ceteris paribus, a lower TFP. Finally, firms located in southern Italy exhibit lower productivity, as has already been stressed in the literature (Aiello, Pupo, & Ricotta F., 2014;Ascari and Di Cosmo, 2005;Byrne, Fazio, & Piacentino, 2009), while firms operating in the Centre of Italy do not seem to differ from northern firms (the reference group). Robust standard errors in parentheses.…”

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Family Firms and Productivity: The Role of Institutional Quality

Mannarino¹,

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Ricotta³

2016

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The main aim of this research is to investigate the influence the institutional environment has on the difference in performance between Italian family firms run by a family member and firms run by a professional manager. By using total factor productivity (TFP) as a measure of performance, we find that family-run firms are less productive than firms run by outside managers when institutional quality is high, but that the results are less obvious when institutional quality is low. The difference in performance is not significant, but by using the level of corruption as a measure of institutional quality, older family firms are found to be more productive than firms run by outside managers.

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“…Results show that firms in the supplier dominated sector and small firms have, ceteris paribus, a lower TFP while firms located in Northern Italy exhibit higher productivity, as already stressed by the literature (Aiello et al, 2014, Ascari and Di Cosmo, 2005, Byrne et al, 2009). Moveover, as expected, family firms are less efficient Marchionne, 2012 andCucculelli et al, 2014), TFP is positively affected by labour quality (Ascari and Di Cosmo, 2005;Ciccone, 2004) while intangible assets have no significant effect.…”

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Do Firms Benefit from University Research? Evidence from Italy

2016

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Abstract.The aim of this paper is to assess the effect on firm total factor productivity of the university research. Since the impact of universities on firms' performance is subtle and complex, we verify whether territorial context, sector and firm size may influence this relationship. Results show that university R&D does not seem to affect Italian firm productivity. However, if we consider geographical location and sector, we find that university activities have a positive effect on the performance of firms located in the North of Italy or operating in the specialised supplier sector. Several robustness checks confirm the significant role played by universities above all in the North of Italy. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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Explaining Total Factor Productivity at Firm Level in Italy: Does Location Matter?

Cited by 46 publications

References 25 publications

A Spatial Analysis of the R&D-Productivity Nexus at Firm Level

A Spatial Analysis of the R&D-Productivity Nexus at Firm Level

Family Firms and Productivity: The Role of Institutional Quality

Do Firms Benefit from University Research? Evidence from Italy

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