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Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs: The role of management standards and innovation
Calza, Elisa; Goedhuys, Micheline; Trifković, Neda - 2017
Using a rich panel dataset of SMEs active in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam, this paper investigates the drivers of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and test the hypothesis that, controlling for technological...
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Breaking the metal ceiling: Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors
Campos, Francisco; Goldstein, Markus; McGorman, Laura; … - 2017
Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in outcomes for male and female enterprises and their sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region of high female participation in entrepreneurship. Data on Uganda show that women breaking...
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Tariffs, productivity, and resource misallocation
Kilumelume, Michael; Morando, Bruno; Newman, Carol; … - 2021
An often-neglected potential negative consequence of tariffs is the impact they may have on the misallocation of factor inputs. Trade protection can provide space for domestic firms to increase prices and mark-ups, allowing low-productivity firms to survive, thereby leading to a sub-optimal...
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Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms
Kreuser, Friedrich; Newman, Carol - 2016
The manufacturing sector is an important source of productivity growth and exports. Manufacturing firms are generally more productive than firms in the agricultural or services sectors and are an important source of job creation. Little is known about the productivity performance of the sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532396
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The long road to normalcy: Where Russia now stands
Popov, Vladimir - 2010
for the future. The study starts with a much discussed question: why Russia did worse economically during transition than … transition (distortions in industrial structure and in trade patterns accumulated during the era of central planning), but mostly … by the weakening of the institutional capacity of the state during transition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333038
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India's economic development since independence: An interpretative survey
Sen, Kunal - 2023
When India became a republic in 1950, the economy was primarily agrarian, with threefifths of output originating from agriculture. In the sixty years since independence, there has been a significant transformation of economic activity away from agriculture, with less than one-fifth of output now...
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Transition in Southeast Europe: Understanding economic development and institutional change
Uvalic, Milica - 2010
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating … 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market economy. The paper recalls the initial conditions in the SEE region in … 1989, macroeconomic performance and progress achieved in the various transition-related economic reforms. The international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280136
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Why are the elite in China motivated to promote growth?
Zang, Xiaowei - 2010
Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it occurred under the dominance of the Chinese Communist Party - the fusion of politics and economics is supposed to be a powerful impediment to market growth. Scholars have proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280188
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Connections and the allocation of public benefits
Newman, Carol; Zhang, Mengyang - 2015
We explore the relationship between connections and public transfers in decentralized poverty-targeting programmes. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be classified as poor, the main determinant of whether...
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Economic transformation and the diversification of livelihoods in rural Viet Nam
Newman, Carol; Kinghan, Christina - 2015
and whether this diversification is welfare enhancing. We also examine the factors determining this transition from …
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