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Cost competitiveness of Chinese and Finnish chemical industries
Li, Enjing; Suni, Paavo; Zhao, Yanyun - 2008
This study focuses on the labour cost competitiveness of the chemical industries in China and Finland in particular …, while in the rubber and plastic products industry it has been stable. Improving labour productivity in China had compensated …
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The Chinese challenge to the EU25
Roubal, Gabriele; Taube, Markus; Vieweg, Hans-Günther - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 3, pp. 37-42
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Selbstselektion statt Personalauswahl? Auslandsentsendungen in der deutschen chemischen Industrie
Minssen, Heiner; Schmidt, Susanne - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 3, pp. 228-248
Am Beispiel der deutschen chemischen Industrie, einer mittelständisch, aber international orientierten Branche untersuchen wir, in welchem Umfang bei der Abwicklung internationaler Aktivitäten auf Auslandsentsendungen zurückgegriffen wird. Wir zeigen, dass dies deutlich seltener geschieht,...
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Is the elephant stepping on its trunk? The problem of India´s unbalanced growth
Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2007
It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However, evidence suggests that basic manufacturing industry is stagnant. This paper proposes a mechanism that ties these two trends together. A big-push type of model, featuring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321626
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Non-Scale Growth, Endogenous Comparative Advantages, and Industrialization
Christiaans, Thomas - 2003
, growth, and industrialization. It is shown that the counterfactual prediction of new growth theories regarding a positive … process of industrialization, trade policy can influence long-run growth rates even in non-scale growth models. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322071
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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
Successful economic development is usually characterized by two salient phenomena: industrialization and demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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Catch me if you can: education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269478
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Catch me iIf you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271786
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Beyond industrialization: New approaches to development strategy based on the service sector
Sheehan, Peter - 2008
well as in industry. Furthermore, China is actively trying to move from a strategy based on industrialization to one based …Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … income per capita can only occur through industrialization. This paper argues that it is becoming increasingly difficult for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273465
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Local Governance and the Challenges of Economic Distress: The Case of Iligan City
Basilio, Leilanie Q.; Cabasan, Jeremiah - 2004
typically linked to industrialization enhance the attractiveness of a location and result to population increases. The inverse … seek better forts. Iligan City experienced rapid urbanization for almost five decades due to industrialization. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429786