The global economy has become increasingly complex and competitive. Many countries have turned to knowledge-based growth to transition from labor-intensive sectors to new and emerging economic activities that require higher skills and intellectual capital. In Thailand, higher education...

Kazakhstan is exceptionally endowed with petroleum, and mineral resources. However, since independence, the vast majority of new investment in the sector has been devoted to petroleum, while, new investment in the mining, and metallurgical sector has not been commensurate with the country's...

"The authors examine whether financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on the mechanisms through which financial development fosters aggregate economic growth. They define an industry's technological firm size as the firm size...