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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II : Converging Trends and the Future of the Global Market
McNabb, David E. - 2016
A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise.
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Explaining Productivity Differences : Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China
Shibata, Hiromichi - 2016
limited and compartmentalized roles. As a result, productivity remains high in Japan and lags in the other plants …1. Introduction -- 2. The Mother Plant in Japan and Its Transplants in the United States -- 3. The Transplants in …This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020558
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India’s New Economy : Industry Efficiency and Growth
Sengupta, Jati; Neogi, Chiranjib - 2009
This book examines India's new economy - its strengths, weaknesses and potential. The book covers three key areas of growth in India's economy - the IT (information technology) sector, export trade (with its externality effects) and the financial sector (in particular, banking reforms).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106167
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Efficiency, Market Dynamics and Industry Growth
Sengupta, Jati; Fanchon, Phillip - 2009
The dynamics of industry growth, technology and globalization have a dramatic impact on the current economic growth of nations, significantly changing the market structure and world trade, and challenging the competitive equilibrium and their guiding principles. In the world of innovations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106208
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Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries : Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
Sekkat, Khalid - 2010
Reforms, Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries -- Exit-Entry Dynamics: Case of the Manufacturing … Sector in Jordan -- Industrial Dynamics and Productivity in Morocco: A Quantitative Assessment -- Entry, Exit, and … Productivity in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries -- Entry, Exit and Productivity in Turkish Manufacturing Industries -- Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522730
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106285
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Persistence Pays : U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending
Alston, Julian M. - 2010
CONTEXT -- A Brief History of U.S. Agriculture -- INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Agricultural Inputs … -- Agricultural Outputs -- Agricultural Productivity Patterns -- AGRICULTURAL R&D FUNDING AND POLICIES -- Research Funding and … Performance -- The Federal Role -- MODELS OF R&D AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Research Lags and Spillovers -- Models of Research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522726
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Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation
Welfens, Paul J. J. (contributor) - 2008
Economic progress in the digital knowledge society will be characterized by enormous structural change and the growth of digital services. This book focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for economic integration, networking and growth. It highlights technological and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520771
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Trade and the Labor Market : Effect on Wage Inequality in Japan
Sakurai Kojiro - 2017
This book presents an integrated overview and evidence, taking Japan as an example, on how international trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397435
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Struggles for Survival : Institutional and Organizational Changes in Japan’s High-Tech Industries
Okada, Yoshitaka (contributor) - 2006
How did Japanese companies, technology-supporting organizations, and governments reformulate organizational strategies, industrial structures, and institutions to revive Japanese high-tech industries in the 1990s? This book takes a comprehensive look at this question by integrating the fields of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520850