Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation
This study investigates the impact of key business environment indicators on productivity, innovation, and growth in Sri Lanka through a cluster-level productivity analysis, a firm-level total factor productivity analysis, and a firm-level innovati...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PROCESS BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS SERVICES BUYERS CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL ASSET CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETENCIES COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS CONFIDENTIALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSULTING FIRMS CUSTOMS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS DISTORTED INCENTIVES DRIVERS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPLORATION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN COMPETITION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH PATH GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH STRATEGIES GROWTH THEORY HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSPECTIONS INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEGRATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES KNOWLEDGE ASSETS KNOWLEDGE FLOWS LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING LICENSE LICENSES MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET COMPETITION MARKET ECONOMY MARKET POWER MARKET SHARES MARKETING MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES METRICS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MOBILE PHONES MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONS OUTPUTS OVERVALUATION PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PURCHASING POWER R&D REAL GDP REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RENT SEEKING RESULT RESULTS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUNK COSTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX RATES TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES THEORETICAL MODELS TIME PERIOD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS TOTAL OUTPUT VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WEB WORKFORCE |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PROCESS BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS SERVICES BUYERS CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL ASSET CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETENCIES COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS CONFIDENTIALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSULTING FIRMS CUSTOMS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS DISTORTED INCENTIVES DRIVERS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPLORATION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN COMPETITION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH PATH GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH STRATEGIES GROWTH THEORY HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSPECTIONS INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEGRATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES KNOWLEDGE ASSETS KNOWLEDGE FLOWS LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING LICENSE LICENSES MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET COMPETITION MARKET ECONOMY MARKET POWER MARKET SHARES MARKETING MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES METRICS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MOBILE PHONES MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONS OUTPUTS OVERVALUATION PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PURCHASING POWER R&D REAL GDP REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RENT SEEKING RESULT RESULTS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUNK COSTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX RATES TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES THEORETICAL MODELS TIME PERIOD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS TOTAL OUTPUT VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WEB WORKFORCE Dutz, Mark A. O'Connell, Stephen D. Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6354 |
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This study investigates the impact of
key business environment indicators on productivity,
innovation, and growth in Sri Lanka through a cluster-level
productivity analysis, a firm-level total factor
productivity analysis, and a firm-level innovation analysis.
For the cluster-level productivity analysis (as measured by
output and value added per worker), it combines two
established data sources in a novel way by importing average
'industry-size-location' cluster-level business
environment variables from the World Bank Enterprise Survey
to the comprehensive Sri Lanka Census of Industry
productivity data available for similar clusters of
enterprises. For the firm-level total factor productivity
analysis, it compares data from the 2011 World Bank
Enterprise Survey with those from 2004. For the firm-level
innovation analysis, it compares findings from the 2011
World Bank Enterprise Survey with a representative sample of
enterprises collected as part of the Sri Lanka Longitudinal
Survey of Enterprises. The empirical findings highlight the
importance -- for cluster-level productivity, firm-level
total factor productivity, and innovation -- of connectivity
to global knowledge (reflected by one or more of export
participation, directly imported inputs, foreign ownership,
and use of the internet), availability of skills, access to
finance, and competition. The paper also presents evidence,
under the assumption that the samples are statistically
representative, that both allocative and average technical
efficiency have improved, with allocative efficiency
increasing roughly four-fold between 2003 and 2010, and
accounting for the overwhelming share of the aggregate
increase in total factor productivity over this time period.
Most of the improvement in allocative efficiency has
occurred among larger firms, and in large rather than small cities. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Dutz, Mark A. O'Connell, Stephen D. |
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Dutz, Mark A. O'Connell, Stephen D. |
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Dutz, Mark A. |
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Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
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Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
| title_full |
Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
| title_fullStr |
Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation |
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productivity, innovation and growth in sri lanka : an empirical investigation |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17211806/productivity-innovation-growth-sri-lanka-empirical-investigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13155 |
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okr-10986-131552021-04-23T14:03:07Z Productivity, Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka : An Empirical Investigation Dutz, Mark A. O'Connell, Stephen D. ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PROCESS BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS SERVICES BUYERS CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL ASSET CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETENCIES COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS CONFIDENTIALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSULTING FIRMS CUSTOMS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS DISTORTED INCENTIVES DRIVERS E-MAIL ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPLORATION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN COMPETITION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH PATH GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH STRATEGIES GROWTH THEORY HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSPECTIONS INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEGRATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES KNOWLEDGE ASSETS KNOWLEDGE FLOWS LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING LICENSE LICENSES MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET COMPETITION MARKET ECONOMY MARKET POWER MARKET SHARES MARKETING MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES METRICS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MOBILE PHONES MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONS OUTPUTS OVERVALUATION PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PURCHASING POWER R&D REAL GDP REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RENT SEEKING RESULT RESULTS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUNK COSTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX RATES TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES THEORETICAL MODELS TIME PERIOD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS TOTAL OUTPUT VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WEB WORKFORCE This study investigates the impact of key business environment indicators on productivity, innovation, and growth in Sri Lanka through a cluster-level productivity analysis, a firm-level total factor productivity analysis, and a firm-level innovation analysis. For the cluster-level productivity analysis (as measured by output and value added per worker), it combines two established data sources in a novel way by importing average 'industry-size-location' cluster-level business environment variables from the World Bank Enterprise Survey to the comprehensive Sri Lanka Census of Industry productivity data available for similar clusters of enterprises. For the firm-level total factor productivity analysis, it compares data from the 2011 World Bank Enterprise Survey with those from 2004. For the firm-level innovation analysis, it compares findings from the 2011 World Bank Enterprise Survey with a representative sample of enterprises collected as part of the Sri Lanka Longitudinal Survey of Enterprises. The empirical findings highlight the importance -- for cluster-level productivity, firm-level total factor productivity, and innovation -- of connectivity to global knowledge (reflected by one or more of export participation, directly imported inputs, foreign ownership, and use of the internet), availability of skills, access to finance, and competition. The paper also presents evidence, under the assumption that the samples are statistically representative, that both allocative and average technical efficiency have improved, with allocative efficiency increasing roughly four-fold between 2003 and 2010, and accounting for the overwhelming share of the aggregate increase in total factor productivity over this time period. Most of the improvement in allocative efficiency has occurred among larger firms, and in large rather than small cities. 2013-04-11T18:05:58Z 2013-04-11T18:05:58Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17211806/productivity-innovation-growth-sri-lanka-empirical-investigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13155 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6354 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka |