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Does light touch cluster policy work? : evaluating the Tech City programme
Nathan, Max - 2019
Despite academic scepticism, cluster policies remain popular with policymakers. This paper evaluates the causal impact of a flagship UK technology cluster programme. I build a simple framework and identify effects using difference-in-differences and synthetic controls on rich microdata. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118723
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A retrospective look at rescuing and restructuring General Motors and Chrysler
Goolsbee, Austan; Krueger, Alan B. - 2015
This paper takes a retrospective look at the U.S. government's effort to rescue and restructure General Motors and Chrysler in the midst of the 2009 economic and financial crisis. The paper describes how two of the largest industrial companies in the world came to seek a bailout from the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488826
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Inter-city spillover and intra-city agglomeration effects among local labour markets in China
Gong, Xiaodong; Gao, Jiti; Liang, Xuan - 2019
cities (spill-over effect) in China for the period between 1995 and 2009. Using spatial fixed-effect panel data models and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005580
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What drives spatial clusters of entrepreneurship in China? : evidence from economic census data
Liang, Zheng; Zhao, Zhong - 2017
unevenly in China. Using micro data from 2008 economic census and 2005 population census, this paper explains spatial clusters … first to consider both manufacturing and service entrepreneurship in China and should be of interest to both local and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737507
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Industrialization in China
Brandt, Loren; Ma, Debin; Rawski, Thomas G. - 2016
We see industrialization in China the last 150 years as an ongoing process through which firms acquired and deepened … seriously limit benefits. For a latecomer like China, modern industry initially finds its most success in more labor …-intensive products and processes. China's experience shows that government can both support and obstruct this process. Our review of long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517939
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Industrialization under medieval conditions? : global development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization - innovation and trade - are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent of the medieval world. It comes at a time when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306216
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Entrepreneurship, education and the fourth industrial revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694809
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Three varieties of Africa's industrial future
Naudé, Wim - 2019
This paper shows that African economies have generally not de-industrialized, that manufacturing growth is very possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is concerned, African countries will in differing degrees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122074
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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978455
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Mapping "information economy" businesses with big data : findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440545