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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
van Ark, Bart - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807635
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Could the Irish miracle be repeated in Hungary?
Ács, Zoltán J.; O'Gorman, Colm; Szerb, László; … - 2005
It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we find significant differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276822
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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship and economic development: growth dynamics with two elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2005
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267484
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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship, and economic development : growth dynamics with two elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2005
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261348
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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2007
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318954
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Understanding the role of entrepreneurship for economic growth
Carree, Martin A.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276805
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The effect of entrepreneurship on national economic growth: an analysis using the GEM database
van Stel, André J.; Carree, Martin A.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2004
The increased importance of knowledge as a source of competitiveness for modern economies suggests that the organization of industries most conducive to innovative activity and unrestrained competition will be linked to higher growth rates. Entrepreneurial activity is generally assumed to be an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276936
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The effect of entrepreneurial activity on national economic growth
van Stel, André J.; Carree, Martin A.; Thurik, Roy - 2005
incorporating the Growth Competitiveness Index. We find that entrepreneurial activity by nascent entrepreneurs and owner/managers of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276938
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The software industry and India's economic development
Arora, Ashish; Athreye, Suma - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279219