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This study investigates how the patterns of productivity growth have changed over the past few decades for the Asian … productivity-based growth, and the remaining Asian economies are starting to show signs of transition in the past decade …. Scrutinizing the recent trends in human capital, R&D, patent statistics, and inward FDIs, they all indicate that the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268110
This study investigates how the patterns of productivity growth have changed over the past few decades for the Asian … productivity-based growth, and the remaining Asian economies are starting to show signs of transition in the past decade …. Scrutinizing the recent trends in human capital, R&D, patent statistics, and inward FDIs, they all indicate that the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268111
This study investigates how the patterns of productivity growth have changed over the past few decades for the Asian … productivity-based growth, and the remaining Asian economies are starting to show signs of transition in the past decade …. Scrutinizing the recent trends in human capital, R&D, patent statistics, and inward FDIs, they all indicate that the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268112
costs, any difference in export performances could arise because of higher productivity of labor. The paper tests whether … multinational firms, it is not just cheap labor in terms of low wage rate per worker, but low wage in relation to productivity of … more than the productivity of the labor. Among other factors discussed, of the reasons is the low value added nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363327
competitiveness, and uncertain energy supplies. Moreover, the global financial crisis and the ongoing euro area financial crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278121
competitiveness, and uncertain energy supplies. Moreover, the global financial crisis and the ongoing euro area financial crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278232
spending cuts and productivity improvements, tax reforms, and asset sales. We find that a policy that reduces the cost of …-targeted spending on infrastructure to deliver long run productivity improvements. Given New Zealands longer term growth challenge, any … fiscal efforts to stabilise the economy and avoid a more severe recession should have productivity at the centre of the …
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Sports retail is a small but fast growing segment of modern retail in India. Recently, the country has been hosting many international sports and this has given a boost to this sector. Many foreign and domestic corporate retailers have entered sports retail. Sports goods manufacturing is a focus...
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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services levels remain stubbornly low in rural India despite high levels of public expenditure during recent decades. In many areas, this is a result of service levels slipping back for reasons that include inadequate protection of water sources (both...
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This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy and their experience during the Russian financial crisis. It also uses survey data from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developments Business Environment and Enterprise...
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