Firm dynamics and productivity growth: A comparison of the retail trade and manufacturing sectors

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-395

  Baldwin, John R ^a   Gu, Wulong ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; RETAILING;

EID: 79953729353     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq064     Document Type: Article

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