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Why capital (physical and human) doesn't move from rich to poor countries
Darreau, Philippe; Pigalle, François - HAL - 2012
Capital (physical and human) doesn't flow from rich to poor countries. We show that in order to solve these twin paradoxes, assumption of externality of physical capital is better than assumption of externality of human capital.
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Winning in Rural Emerging Markets
Ancarani, Fabio; Frels, Judy; Miller, Joanne; Saibene, … - HAL - 2014
In 2010, General Electric launched an investigation into how multi-national corporations (MNCs) were adapting to rural emerging markets. A team of 33 executives and three academics examined models ranging from Toyota's vehicle servicing program in East Africa to Nokia's localized mobile handset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899367
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The birth of the congressional clinic
Godefroy, Raphaël - HAL - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of mortality in the districts/states represented in key congressional groups (i.e. committees, subcommittees, and parties) on the public investment in medical research in the US. I focus on National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grants awarded between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739063
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Disparities in taking sick leave between sectors of activity in France: a longitudinal analysis of administrative data
Barnay, Thomas; Juin, Sandrine; Legal, Renaud - HAL - 2014
The main objective of this study is to analyse the effect of the professional environment on sick leaves. The professional context is approximated by the sector of activity. The database used - Hygie (2005-2008) - allows taking individual heterogeneity into account thanks to the longitudinal...
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Short-Term cost impact of compliance with clinical practice guidelines for initial sarcoma treatment
Perrier, Lionel; Cautela, Nicola; Morelle, Magali; … - HAL - 2008
Background: The impact of compliance to clinical practice guidelines (CPG) on outcomes and/or costs of care has not been completely clarified.Objective: To estimate relationships between medical expenditures and compliance to CPG for initial sarcoma treatment.Research design: Selected cohorts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792742
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Total Factor Productivity and Technical Efficiency of Indian Manufacturing: The Role of Infrastructure and Information & Communication Technology
Mitra, Arup; Sharma, Chandan; Veganzones, Marie-Ange - HAL - 2011
that core infrastructure and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) matter for Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and …, which could play a leading role in the competitiveness and the industrial growth of the Indian economy. …
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When Does a Developing Country Use New Technologies?
Bruno, Olivier; Van, Cuong Le; Masquin, Benoît - HAL - 2009
increase of the Total Factor Productivity of the consumption sector. Physical and technological capital are not substitutable … technologies begin to have an impact on the productivity of the consumption sector. However, we show that once a certain level of …
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Potential output growth in several industrialised countries: a comparison
Cahn, Christophe; Saint-Guilhem, Arthur - HAL - 2008
where output of the whole economy is described by a Cobb-Douglas function and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) is estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739141
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Unit labor cost and productivity recovery under non neutral technical change
Dimaria, Charles-Henri; Peroni, Chiara - HAL - 2012
sustained growth rates of labor compensation and poor labor productivity gains lead to large losses in cost competitiveness. The … poor productivity performance is explained by low technical progress and even technical regress. In addition, it is shown … improves overall technical change. Last, when technical change is capital intensive cost competitiveness losses are lower. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010663555
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Horizontal and Vertical Technology Spillovers from FDI in Eastern Europe
Jude, Cristina - HAL - 2012
order to estimate total factor productivity and compute several measures of spillover effect based on time varying Input …
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