Technological capabilities are at the center of the new theories of economic growth which focus on technology and human … primary data from two surveys of manufacturing firms in each of three representative countries, Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe, all … technological capabilities and manufacturing productivity in these countries, focusing on a number of broad issues related to the …

-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors … the investment climate matters for firms' productive performance. This is true (depending on the industry) for the quality …

users of the services. This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment in services on manufacturing … positive and significant effect of foreign direct investment in services on productivity growth of Chilean manufacturing plants … investment in services account for almost 5 percent of the observed increase in Chilean manufacturing productivity growth during …

"Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the …