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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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Strategic reconfigurations : building dynamic capabilities in rapid innovation-based industries

Wall, Stuart (contributor) - 2010

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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor); … - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The … sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth … accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial sectors in Korea (1984-2002) -- 6. Industry-wide total factor productivity …

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The dynamics of Asian manufacturing : a comparative perspective in the late twentieth century

Timmer, Marcel - 2000

comparison with the world productivity leader, the USA. The author uses new empirical data to assess the degree of structural … change in the manufacturing sector and its importance for productivity growth. He then discusses conditions for economic …

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The growth process in East Asian manufacturing industries : a re-examination

Sun, Chia-Hung - 2004

factor productivity (TFP) growth and aims to identify the sources of output growth in these East Asian economies. Chia … technological efficiency change) and structural transformation are considered, and the growth in high-tech and low-tech industries …

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Environment and industry in developing countries : assessing the adoption of environmentally sound technology

Luken, Ralph Andrew - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Decoupling of environmental pressure from industrial growth, 1990-2002 -- 3. Heuristic model of EST adoption -- 4. Brazil -- 5. China -- 6. India -- 7. Kenya -- 8. Thailand -- 9. Tunisia -- 10. Viet Nam -- 11. Zimbabwe -- 13. Eight-country assessment of factors influencing...

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Trade policy reforms and development : essays in honour of Peter Lloyd. Volume II

Lloyd, Peter John (contributor); … - 2005

Trade Policy Reforms and Development, comprises 11 essays offering new contributions on the following topics: globalisation and political economy of trade; trade, labour standards and economic crisis; the changing role of the WTO; competition policy and the WTO; choice of formulas for market access...

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International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries

Geyer, H. S. (contributor) - 2002

This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on...

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Towards sustainable development in industry? : reports from seven developing and transition economies

Hesp, Paul (contributor); Luken, Ralph Andrew (contributor) - 2003

Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and...

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Corporate strategies and the clean development mechanism : developing country financing for developed country commitments?

Lütken, Søren Ender; Michaelowa, Axel - 2008

This book assesses the structure of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. It explains why, instead of the expected bilateral structure where a company from an industrialized country invests in a project in a developing country and receives the emission...

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