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Trade and Technology Networks in the Chinese Textile Industry : Opening Up Before the Reform
Broggi, Carles Brasó - 2016
migrated. These networks were thus reestablished in Hong Kong, where they contributed to the city's industrialization in the … migrated. These networks were thus reestablished in Hong Kong, where they contributed to the city's industrialization in the …
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The Singularity of Western Innovation : The Language Nexus
Dudley, Leonard - 2017
This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397309
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China's Industrialization Process
Huang, Qunhui - 2018
Based on long-term research, this book comprehensively and systematically discusses the industrialization process in … answers to important questions related to economic development and the industrialization process in China, such as what level … of industrialization China has achieved and whether China can become an industrialized country. Lastly, it offers an …
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The Industrial Experience of Tanzania
Szirmai, Adam (ed.); Lapperre, Paul (ed.) - 2001
The central aim of The Industrial Experience of Tanzania is to explain why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth. Tanzania has been an extreme case with a high level of state intervention, but the contributors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054142
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Product Standards, Exports and Employment : An Analytical Study
Acharyya, Rajat (contributor) - 2005
This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports of the developing countries in the disguise of quality regulations and environmental standards. It argues that in the present era of globalization, with technological...
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The Employment Effects of Technological Change : Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment
Rubart, Jens (contributor) - 2007
This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520753
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Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing
Officer, Lawrence H. - 2009
Production workers continue to be an important group in the economy. Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing is the first long-run annual series of average hourly compensation for U.S. production workers in manufacturing. Officer reviews both data sources and...
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The Executive guide to Artificial Intelligence : how to identify and implement applications for AI in your organization
Burgess, Andrew - 2018
This book takes a pragmatic and hype-free approach to explaining artificial intelligence and how it can be utilised by businesses today. At the core of the book is a framework, developed by the author, which describes in non-technical language the eight core capabilities of Artificial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397728
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Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0
Botthof, Alfons (ed.); Hartmann, Ernst Andreas (ed.) - 2015
Das Zukunftsprojekt "Industrie 4.0", das ein zentrales Element der Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung darstellt, zielt auf die Informatisierung der klassischen Industrien, wie z. B. der industriellen Produktion. Auf dem Weg zum Internet der Dinge soll durch die Verschmelzung der virtuellen...
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The Executive's How-To Guide to Automation : Mastering AI and Algorithm-Driven Business
Danner, George E. - 2019
automation in business means human labor will no longer be needed, the author argues that organizations will re-purpose humans … into different roles under the banner of automation, not simply get rid of them. He also identifies parts of business that … are best targeted for automation. This book will arm business people with the tools needed to automate companies, making …
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