The paper determines the factors affecting the export performance of firms in three main manufacturing sectors in the … statistically tested to determine if it affects a firms capability to export. The study uses a novel econometric model which …. Among the firm-level characteristics tested, foreign affiliation has the most prominent influence on a firms propensity to …

Productivity growth in Indian manufacturing is an important driver of overall growth, yet the issues related to its …

This paper aims at studying the determinants of the patent behavior of Argentinean manufacturing firms. In particular … main results are : (i) foreign owned firms have a higher probability of obtaining a patent than domestic ones; and (ii … obtained by the firms. …

The Indian manufacturing sector has grown at an impressive average rate of 9.5 per cent annually since 2003-04. Its … finds that Indian manufacturing sector exhibits a great deal of regional variation and a marked dualism between the … organized manufacturing sector has been weak as reflected in the declining labour intensity in this sector. This does not augur …

early 1990s, not much improvement can be discerned in the performance of the manufacturing output. Moreover, contrary to the … Indian experience, more than half of the manufacturing output is still produced by small initiatives in the unorganized … manufacturing alongside a corresponding growth of the unorganized sector in the state. Apart from secondary sources this paper is …

hard for newcomers to gain access, while the tradition of lifetime employment limited the ability of foreign firms to …, especially in non-manufacturing. …

Analysing the impact of trade on manufacturing employment in India, it is found that exports had a favourable effect on … factor prices on manufacturing employment. One interesting finding of the study is that after a long period of jobless growth …, the corporate sector organized manufacturing has achieved in the last four years (2004-05 through 2007-08) a high rate of …

effects of migration on intergenerational family support structures, and the effects of informality on social protection …