Division of labor models have become a standard analytical tool, along withcompetitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development, and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical...

We describe concentration tendencies in individual manufacturing industries in Central and Eastern European countries and identify relevant factors causing these patterns. Using output and employment data for 14 manufacturing industries over the years 1993-2002, we observe an increase in...

Division of labor models have become a standard analytical tool, along withcompetitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development, and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical...

ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises in Germany, Federal Republic from 1974 to 1982 on labour market and employment trends - investigates industrial investment and labour demand by economic sector, size of enterprise and location of industry; considers foreign...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of small scale industry within the iron and steel industry in India - outlines industrial development and the emergence of small steel plants; notes obstacles faced; makes a comparison of small and large size of enterprise as regards raw materials,...

Comprises case studies of Benetton, Gruppo Tessile Miroglio and Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (GFT).

Division of labor models have become a standard analytical tool, along withcompetitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development, and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical...

The paper presents the preliminary results of an international research project undertaken in Brazil, India, Mexico, Turkey, Thailand and Venezuela on whether and to what extent flexible automation and associated organizational techniques have diffused to developing countries, and what their...

This paper analyses and assesses the potential impact of microelectronics-based forms of flexible automation (FA) on the location of industrial production in developing countries. It suggests that for developing countries as a whole the diffusion of FA does not favor the establishment of a local...