. However, low labour productivity is one of the serious problems related to this sector. It is argued that technological … Target groups both at the National and Regional level. Associated policies should address availability of proper technology …

Since the mid 1900’s, economist have come to recognize the role of innovative activity in firms productivity growth …

1979. New data presented here show that Brazilian industry achieved significant labour productivity growth during the post … industries and firms. We also found that Brazil’s labour productivity growth lagged behind what was achieved in other …

national income is questioned because of their low productivity. The present paper tries to identify important determinants of … productivity level in Small Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) and suggest appropriate policies for augmenting productivity levels … therein. Factors like technology, access to resources and inputs, general macroeconomic atmosphere, etc. emerge as important …

analysis to evaluate how the port cargo openness, the productivity level, the cargo expansion, and the technological change … adaptability can affect directly on the marginal productivity growth rate and performance of a port. This new model, “The Port … tool to study the impact of dynamic changes such as change in international trade trends an the impact of technology or …

Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology …, railway technology had a positive impact on human capital training in the cases studied. During the period when railways were … modern technology and it was not until well into the 20th century that a formal system of technical schools was established …

should be given to liberalization of investment flows, higher technology cooperation, and cooperation in areas of education …

bringing into being the type of workforce that is required to make use of leading-edge technology. On the other hand …, industrial development in the modern economy depends critically on human development, precisely because of modern technology … workforce with the high levels of education and skills required to make modern technology effective - instead of passing through …

technology and demand factors. The linked worker-plant data are produced by matching workers in the Employment Statistics … technology on skill demand we introduce plant level technology indicators from the R&D Survey and a Manufacturing Technology …