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Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy

Altomonte, Carlo; Aquilante, Tommaso; Békés, Gábor; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We use a representative and cross-country comparable sample of manufacturing firms (EFIGE) to document patterns of …

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Trade-offs between carbon sequestration and poverty alleviation: preliminary evidence from the N'Hambita Community Carbon Project in Mozambique

Palmer, Charles; Silber, Tilmann - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper assesses trade-offs between carbon sequestration and farmers’ incomes from land-use systems implemented in a community-based project, in Mozambique. Systems either focus on carbon sequestration or combine sequestration with cash crop cultivation. The latter provide carbon payments...

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Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation

Fankhauser, Samuel; Bowen, Alex; Calel, Raphael; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

investigate who the winners of this "green race" might be. The analysis covers 110 manufacturing sectors in eight countries (China …

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Cheap imports and the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs

Cooke, Abigail; Kemeny, Thomas; Rigby, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

patterns of job loss in U.S. manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2007. Motivated by intuitions from factor … increases the likelihood of job loss among manufacturing workers with less than a high school degree; it is not significantly …

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The impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing: evidence from microdata

Martin, Ralf; de Preux, Laure B.; Wagner, Ulrich J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We estimate the impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing plants using panel data from the UK production census. Our …

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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy

Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and …

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WATER NOTES DRY UP

METCALF, D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1988

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The power of the interviewer: a qualitative perspective on African survey data collection

Randall, Sara; Coast, Ernestina; Compaore, Natacha; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

influence who is included and excluded from surveys. Interviewer versatility needs to include both persuasive social skills and … interviewers are socio-economically distant from respondents, these persuasive social skills are required throughout the interview …

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Mapping information economy businesses with big data: findings from the UK

Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative ‘big data’ resources to...

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The causal effects of an industrial policy

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry G.; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

program to support manufacturing jobs (“Regional Selective Assistance”). Area eligibility is governed by pan- European state … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …

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