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Distribution System of China's Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Yiwu China Commodity City

Ding, Ke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper discusses the issue of upgrading industrial clusters from the perspective of external linkages. It is taken for granted that in most developing countries, due to the limited domestic market and poor traditional commercial networks, industrial clusters are able to upgrade only when...

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Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environment

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...

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Linked in by foreign direct investment : the role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia

Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2018

This study combines evidence from interviews in seven countries with (i) government institutions responsible for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), (ii) 102 multinational enterprises (MNEs), and (iii) 226 domestic firms linked to these foreign affiliates as suppliers, customers, or...

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Comparing estimated and self-reported mark-ups for formal and informal firms in an emerging market context

Rand, John - 2017

Using a 10-year panel survey covering Vietnamese manufacturing firms, we consistently obtain firm-specific mark-up estimates and relate these to firm-level formality. The average firm-specific mark-up using a trans-log revenue production function specification is estimated to be 1,445, with...

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A Hybrid Legal and Economic Development Model that Balances Intellectual Property Protection and Economic Growth : A Case Study of India, Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Halydier, Garrett - 2022

industries in India, Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam to show that implementing an improper level of IPR protections during certain … continue to struggle to maintain once promising domestic pharmaceutical industries. Vietnam currently stands on the cusp of … rapid economic transition. This paper provides recommendations for the creation of an IPR regime in Vietnam that will foster …

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Industrial Development in India under Liberalization

Mazumdar, Surajit - 2021

This paper first seeks to establish that no breakthrough in industrialization has coincided with the transition to a liberalized and open economic policy regime since 1991, and then examines the reasons behind this failure of India to break her industrialization impasse. It asserts that the real...

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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

This paper provides an integrated analysis of the role of the service sector in recent Indian economic development. It discusses the nature of services, their distinction from products, and their categorization. It provides an overview of India’s overall growth experience, and a detailed...

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Services-Led Industrialization in India: Assessment and Lessons

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

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Enhancing Export Diversification in Resource-Rich Economies – Policies and Evidence from Kazakhstan

Zhelev, Paskal - 2019

Kazakhstan has managed to benefit from its considerable endowments of natural resources during the commodity price boom in the 2000s. However, the global crisis of 2008-09 has demonstrated that relying on a single sector prone to high price volatility cannot be a viable strategy for development....

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The Incomplete Transition: Stunted Industrialisation and the Historical Development of India's Big Business Class

Mazumdar, Surajit - 2018

In many parts of the world, industrialisation has been an outcome of their capitalist development, with profit seeking capitalists serving as its agents. Differences in the characters of this class of agents, shaped by their origins and their mutual interaction with actual industrialisation...

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