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Uneven paths of development : innovation and learning in Asia and Africa

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji - 2009

This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate how sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed...

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Geography, structural change and economic development : theory and empirics

Tamberi, Massimo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009

The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...

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Foreign direct investment in Europe : a changing landscape

Liebscher, Klaus (contributor) - 2007

This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of FDI on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The...

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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy

Arestis, Philip (contributor); … - 2007

-Cambridge controversies in capital theory for econometric practice /G.C. Harcourt --Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : a … distribution of manufacturing productivity in the EU regions /Bernand Fingleton and Enrique López-Bazo --The role of wage …

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The economics of productivity

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor) - 2009

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Multinational enterprises and host economies

Meyer, Klaus E. (contributor) - 2008

-18 -- Xiaming Liu, Pamela Siler, Chengqi Wang and Yingqi Wei (2000), 'Productivity Spillovers From Foreign Direct Investment … Strobl (2001), 'Multinational Companies and Productivity Spillovers: A Meta-Analysis', Economic Journal, 111 (475), November … and James H. Love (2007), 'Linking FDI Motivation and Host Economy Productivity Effects: Conceptual and Empirical Analysis …

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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as … stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low … productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is …

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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth

Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004

1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture, a matter of interaction between technology, progress and economic growth? : an introduction -- 2. Conceptualizing innovation management and culture in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) : an exploratory study of organization-specific...

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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies

Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an open economy -- 5. Immigration vs. foreign...

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