Manufacturing has traditionally been regarded in the development literature as having special growth-pulling or growth …-enhancing properties. The share of manufacturing in GDP has been declining slightly over time in South Africa, while that of services has … economic growth, using input-output tables to investigate intersectoral linkages in the South African economy. Manufacturing is …

across U.S. manufacturing establishments. We find that robotics adoption and robot intensity (the number of robots per … we call Robot Hubs, have far more robots than one would expect even after accounting for industry and manufacturing …

across U.S. manufacturing establishments. We find that robotics adoption and robot intensity (the number of robots per … we call Robot Hubs, have far more robots than one would expect even after accounting for industry and manufacturing …

South Africa. The data cover 28 manufacturing sectors over the period 1988-2003. We find that tariff reductions have …

supporting employees in complex work processes. Based on case studies of companies in manufacturing and logistics as well as a …Der intelligente Arbeitshandschuh oder die smarte Brille: Mit der Digitalisierung rückt Technologie eng an den Körper …

trajectory. To identify the manufacturing sub-sectors that are most vulnerable to this crises, we use the input-output matrices …-constructed energy vulnerability index in a flexible empirical framework to examine the effect of the electricity crises on manufacturing … sector jobs in the country. We find that energy vulnerability has a high degree of heterogeneity across manufacturing sub …

, we argue that foreign direct investment can stimulate export upgrading in manufacturing firms. We find that the level of …

This paper uses newly available firm-level tax data to evaluate the market structure in South African manufacturing … sectors in the period 2010-12. To describe the market structure we compute markups for South African manufacturing firms and … concentration indexes for 4-digit manufacturing sectors. We find both significant markups and significant concentration across most …

performances of manufacturing firms in South Africa, and whether firms investing in capabilities development are more resilient to …