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Firms and industries in evolutionary economics: Lessons from Marshall, Young, Steindl and Penrose
Bloch, Harry - 2007
Evolutionary economists have tended to assess firms and industries separately, neglecting the role of their interaction … in the process of economic growth and development. We trace the separation of firms and industries to Marshall, whose … industries. Penrose avoids the industry concept by focussing on heterogeneous firms, while Young and Steindl develop mundane …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434930
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AN ECONOMETRIC MODEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN ZIMBABWE¡¯S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Heshmati, Almas; Ncube, Mkhululi - In: Journal of Economic Development 29 (2004) 2, pp. 107-130
using a panel of Zimbabwe¡¯s manufacturing industries. A flexible labour demand function is used consisting of two parts …
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Analysis of pay inequality and its impacts on growth and performance in the Korean manufacturing industry
Kim, Yunhee (contributor); Lee, Jeong-dong (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality is estimated by using Theil's index to identify the factors determining the level of pay inequality, and establish its relationship with economic growth and performance. For the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769576
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Wage inequality and job insecurity among permanent and contract workers in India : evidence from organized manufacturing industries
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
Since the early 1990s, the employment structure of organised manufacturing industries in India has undergone …. The study uses data at the individual level from a recent labour survey of organised manufacturing industries in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310969
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The speed and stability of price adjustment in Australian manufacturing
Bloch, Harry (contributor); Olive, Michael (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003384988
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On the relationship between innovation and performance : a sensitivity analysis
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - 2001 - First Version May 2001, Revised October 2001, March 2002, December 2002
The objective of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of the estimated relationship between innovation and firm performance. In doing so, we rely on a knowledge production function approach and carry out comparisons in a number of respects. The sensitivity analysis is based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009502224
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Economies of scale in the Tunisian industries
Heshmati, Almas; Haouas, Ilham - 2011
liberalization ; new trade theory ; Tunisian industries ; cost functions …
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Why is pollution from US manufacturing declining? : the roles of trade, regulation, productivity, and preferences
Shapiro, Joseph S.; Walker, Reed - 2015
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Measurement of environmentally sensitive productivity growth in Korean industries
Chung, Yeimin; Heshmati, Almas - 2013
than efficiency change. The chemical and Petrochemical, Machinery and Transport equipment industries are treated as global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717884
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Production risk, energy use efficiency and productivity of Korean industries
Khayyat, Nabaz T.; Heshmati, Almas - 2014
use among the individual industries as well as over time; second, information and communication technology (ICT) capital … industries increase their level of ICT capital as well as digitalize and invest more in R&D activities and value added services …
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