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Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie und das Metaverse: German industrial competitiveness and the metaverse
Lee-Makiyama, Hosuk; Baker, Robin - 2024
), dem Internet der Dinge (IoT), Automatisierung und Blockchain. Insgesamt werden diese Innovationen im Rahmen der Industrie …, these Industrie 4.0 innovations will be at the centre of German productivity growth over the next decade. The IMF and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560181
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Competitiveness - Residency Base versus Ownership Base - in Case of Japan
Inaba, Kazuo - 2006
This paper examines the competitiveness of Japanese firms in the manufacturing sector since the middle of 1980s when the Japanese FDI outflow was accelerated. Instead of a standard residency-based balance of trade, we use the idea of ownership-based net foreign sales introduced by DeAnne Julius...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435215
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Employment and exchange rates: the role of openness and technology
Alexandre, Fernando; Bação, Pedro; Cerejeira, João; … - 2009
Real exchange rate movements are important drivers of the reallocation of resources between sectors of the economy. Economic theory suggests that the impact of exchange rates should vary with the degree of exposure to international competition and with the technology level. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269093
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Are Wage Cost Differentials Driving Delocalisation?
Konings, Jozef - 2003
This paper compares the wage cost and productivity differentials between Belgium and Portugal, being the EU benchmarks … compared to Portugal, labor costs in Belgium are 4 times larger, indicating that even within the EU there are huge differences …, we have some support for the idea that the evolution of labor costs relative to productivity in Portugal has some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313272
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Die Krise in Südeuropa oder die Angst vor dem Dominoeffekt: Griechenland, Portugal und Spanien im Krisentest
Schrader, Klaus; Laaser, Claus-Friedrich - 2012
Konkret wird in der nachfolgenden Analyse versucht, die tatsächliche wirtschaftliche Situation in den drei Ländern transparent zu machen und das wirtschaftliche Potenzial zur Krisenbewältigung einzuschätzen. Mit einem Vergleich der realwirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen soll geklärt werden,...
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Airport privatization and international competition
Matsumura, Toshihiro; Matsushima, Noriaki - 2010
We provide a simple theoretical model to explain the mechanism whereby privatization of international airports can improve welfare. The model consists of a downstream (airline) duopoly with two inputs landings at two airports) and two types of consumers. The airline companies compete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332275
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Environmental regulation and technology transfers
Asano, Takao; Matsushima, Noriaki - 2012
This paper analyzes the situation in which a national government introduces environmental regulations. Within the framework of an international duopoly with environmental regulations, this paper shows that an environmental tax imposed by the government in the home country can induce a foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332390
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Unionisation structures, productivity, and firm performance
Braun, Sebastian - 2009
This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity, firm performance, and consumer welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among hetero- geneous producers and thus...
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