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Assessment of industrial performance and the relationship between skill, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan
Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper examines the industrial performance indicators and the relationships between skill indicators; between skill, upskilling, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan. Our findings are consistent with the stylized facts in the new growth literature, concerning the correlation...
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The Innovativeness of Foreign Firms in China
Urem, Branka; Alcorta, Ludovico; An, Tongliang - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
relationship with propensity. The analysis is based on innovation survey data on manufacturing firms from Jiangsu province of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856430
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Cross-border Investment and Economic Integration: The Case of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong SAR
Sharif, Naubahar; Huang, Can - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
firms in a FDI-recipient region—Guangdong Province, China—and analyzes the policy implications of the comparison for the …
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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 importance (impact) of knowledge at the macro-micro levels in Sudan
Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
In this paper we provide a new contribution and fill the gap in the Sudanese literature by investigating the importance (impact) of tacit and codified sources of knowledge at the micro and macro levels in Sudan using new primary data from the firm survey (2010) at the micro level and secondary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712169
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Regional Capital Inputs in Chinese Industry and Manufacturing, 1978-2003
Wang, Lili; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper provides new estimates of capital inputs in the Chinese economy. Estimates are made for the total economy (1953-2003), for the industrial sector (1978-2003) and for the manufacturing sector (1985-2003). The estimates for industry and manufacturing are broken down by thirty regions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856359
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Innovation strategy, firm survival and relocation: The case of Hong Kong-owned manufacturing in Guangdong province, China
Sharif, Naubahar; Huang, Can - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
changing manufacturing environment of Guangdong province in China, Hong Kong-owned businesses that generate a higher share in … new product sales as a percentage of total sales or engage in R&D or collaborative innovation activities in China are more …
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A Different Look at Inward FDI into Mainland China
Zhang, Ying - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper aims to find out the relationship between inward FDI into China and China's economic development. According … biased distribution with regard to the inward FDI into China; we saw that the contribution of inward FDI to China's economic … and the causal-effect relationship between inward FDI into China and China's economic growth, we used ECM and Granger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712095
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Angus Maddison and Development Economics
Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper was prepared for the Angus Maddison Memorial conference, held in November 2010 at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. The paper reflects on Angus Maddison's contributions to development economics. It focuses on the following issues: 1. quantification in...
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The importance of manufacturing in economic development: Past, present and future perspectives
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
The structural transformation of a traditional economy dominated by primary activities into a modern economy where high-productivity activities in manufacturing assume an important role remains a defining feature of economic development. The challenges to attain such structural transformation...
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