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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of … firm size adjustments. The activities leading to higher productivity levels are organizational change, cooperation with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712090
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The Micro-Dynamics of Catch Up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing: An International Comparison of Plant-Level Performance
Szirmai, Adam; Van Dijk, Michiel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
In this study we analyze the micro-dynamics of catch up in Indonesian paper manufacturing using a two-country plant-level data set for the period 1975-1997. The Indonesian paper industry is selected as a case-study because it experienced spectacular investment and growth. It became one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712039
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The Spatial Hierarchy of Technological Change and Economic Development in Europe
Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
This paper discusses the possibility of a spatial hierarchy of innovation and growth dynamics in Europe. A spatial hierarchy is understood as a geographical clustering of regions, where important differences exist in terms of innovation and growth dynamics between the clusters. The literature on...
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Economics and Transitions: Lessons from Economic Sub-disciplines
Kemp, R.; van den Bergh, J. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
Currently, there is much interest in stimulating or 'speeding up' socio-technical transitions to sustainable systems, most notably in the sectors of energy, transport and agriculture. This essay attempts to assess whether and how 'transition' type problems and issues are being addressed in the...
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Technological Change and Dual Economies
Cooper, Charles - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 1995
This paper has two main purposes. First, it examines the way technological change has been treated in the analysis of labour surplus dual economies, concluding that technological dynamism actually 'matters' in the labour surplus phase of development. The discussion is based on Arthur Lewis's...
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:
Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200210
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Agricultural and economic development strategies and the transformation of China and India:
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996826
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Entrepreneurship Development and the Role of Economic Transition in Entrepreneurial Activities in China
Zhang, Ying; Duysters, Geert - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
This study aims to elaborate entrepreneurship development in China and the role of China's economic transition in … entrepreneurial activities. Besides addressing China's institutional transition environment, which is argued as the necessary … condition of entrepreneurship development and as the 'incubator' of three generations of entrepreneurs in China, the applied …
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