title: Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine
abstract: How do new and foreign firms achieve superior productivity? Do they conduct more and better R&amp;amp;D? Or do they distinguish themselves through computerization and organizational capital? We investigate the determinants of and returns to several types of investment, using a panel of over 40,000 Ukrainian industrial firms in 2000-2007. Foreign firms engage in more non-technological investment and IT and less in R&amp;amp;D than domestic private firms. Similarly, new firms invest more in non-te
journal: Upjohn Research (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)