In the presence of standardized production technology and the possibility of potentially unlimited market rendered by international trade, there is clear comparative advantages to be realized in experimenting with industrial polices in the leather industry in Ethiopia. This paper reviews wide...

Este documento contiene una serie de reflexiones sobre políticas de desarrollo del sector productivo en Colombia, que surgen de investigaciones de los autores, algunas de ellas en compañía de otros coautores. El documento, estructurado a manera de “postre de notas”, plantea reflexiones...

The turnover of the companies in North Savo in 2011 was nearly 10 billion euros, of which industry accounted for just under a third. The industrial structure of the region is not strong, but on the other hand it is not alarmingly thin either, because it does have certain successful niches. North...

This paper hypothesizes that Asian crisis has severely affected the financial dimensions of the Turkish industries. The analysis of the financial data for 70 companies from textile, food and cement industries provides evidence to partially support this hypothesis. By principal components...

Using firm level data from five countries - Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tanzania and Bangladesh - this paper examines the knowledge-based determinants of productivity of firms active in food processing, textiles, and garments and leather products. In particular, it seeks to investigate the...

Este trabajo calcula y analiza el comportamiento de indicadores sectoriales de comercio exterior para el caso ecuatoriano, en el período 2002-2010. El análisis está centrado en ramas de actividades correspondientes al sector económico primario y al sector secundario que considerando la...

Bu çalışmanın amacı Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) ve Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği (TFP) Endeksi yaklaşımlarını kullanarak 2000-2002 döneminde İMKB Ulusal Pazarda yer alan dokuma, giyim eşyası ve deri 1 ve gıda, içki ve tütün firmalarının etkinliklerini ölçmek ve...

The gaps in the export performance between Italian industry and its main competitors have (re)focused attention on the concept of "bazaar economy". In the specific case of Italy, the hypothesis of an economic model such as that of the bazaar economy would translate into significant impacts in...

Brand management contributions to performance are regularly questioned by CEOs. A few studies tried to assess the impact of brand management systems (BMSs) upon brand performance while there are still issues about the reliability and validity of the scale across business sectors. This study...