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Disruption in the Infrastructure Sector : Challenges and Opportunities for Developers, Investors and Asset Managers
Gatti, Stefano (ed.); Chiarella, Carlo (ed.) - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
A number of dramatic changes are currently reshaping infrastructure, a sector that investors and asset managers have traditionally considered to be a safe harbor in the field of alternative investments. Understanding the future of infrastructure is indispensable to guaranteeing a sustainable...
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Value Proposition : A New “Long March” & E³ Economy on China’s Integrated Development of Internet, Big Data, AI and Manufacturing Industry
Yuchi, Jian - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
Chapter 1 Relationship among Computer, Software, Internet and Industries in Last Eight Decades: Industrial Revolution -- Chapter 2 the "Chemical Reaction" Derived from the Interaction between Internet and Economic Methodology -- Chapter 3 Interpretation of Germany’s Industry 4.0 from the...
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Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity
Bloom, Nicholas - 2011
We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million firms over 1996-2007 across twelve European countries. We correct for endogeneity using the removal of product-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade...
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Information Technology and the Japanese Economy
Jorgenson, Dale W. - 2005
In this paper we compare sources of economic growth in Japan and the United States from 1975 through 2003, focusing on the role of information technology (IT). We have adjusted Japanese data to conform to U.S. definitions in order to provide a rigorous comparison between the two economies. The...
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Barriers to Entry : Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Breakthroughs in a Chinese Workplace
Ross, Paul - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Introduction -- 2.History Lessons -- 3. On the Runway -- 4. Roles and Responsibilities -- 5. Living to Work -- 6. Bamboo Ceiling -- 7. All Work and Play -- 8. Metaphorically Speaking -- 9. Reverse Angle -- 10. A View to the Future.
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Do CEOs know best? : evidence from China
Bloom, Nicholas; Cheng, Hong; Duggan, Mark G.; Li, Hongbin - 2018
We analyze a new management survey for around 1,000 firms and 10,000 employees across two large provinces in China. The unique aspect of this survey is it collected management data from the CEO, a random sample of senior managers and workers. We document four main results. First, management...
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The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity : Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China
Chang, Tom - 2016
We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker...
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Capital Goods Prices, Global Capital Markets and Accumulation : 1870-1950
Collins, William J. - 1999
Conventional wisdom has it that global financial markets were as well integrated in the 1890s as in the 1990s, but that it took several post-war decades to regenerate the connections that existed before 1914. This view has emerged from a variety of tests for world financial capital market...
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The Economic and Political Dangers of Globalization : A Non-Western Perspective on Global Capitalism
Basu, Dipak; Miroshnik, Victoria - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
1. Historical context: First Globalization, British Empire, effects on the colonies, Industrial revolution in Britain, Deindustrialization in Bengal, slave trade -- 2. New Globalization starts with the abolition of the Soviet Union in 1991. WTO in 1995, impacts on Yugoslavia, Brazil, India....
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Erschöpft durch die Pandemie : Was bleibt von der Globalisierung?
Hüther, Michael; Diermeier, Matthias; Goecke, Henry - 2021
Systemkonflikt -- Ökonomische Einordnungen zu Covid-19: Globalisierung im Lockdown -- Transformation im Systemkonflikt: Die Stunde … der Hierarchien -- Perspektiven der Globalisierung: Netzwerke mit verlässlichen Institutionen. …Die Erschöpfung der Globalisierung hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren immer weiter verstärkt. Der Covid-19-Schock …
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