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Lifestyle production : transformation from manufacturing to knowledge based production using innovation

Dilling-Hansen, Mogens; Jensen, Susanne - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 35-54

During the last decades, traditional manufacturing firms in Western economies have undergone a rapid transformation. Two effects of the globalised economy prompting firms to outsource labour intensive production to low wage areas are the increased market size and the competition. Innovation is a...

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Market reforms and efficiency gains in Chile

Bergoeing, Raphael; Hernando, Andrés; Repetto, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 217-242

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented comprehensive structural market reforms. Using manufacturing plant-level data on Chilean firms for years 1980 to 2001, we estimate the role of reforms on efficiency. We analyze aggregate productivity constructed from micro data to find that in the...

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Befristete Beschäftigung hat keinen Einfluss auf die betriebliche Arbeitsproduktivität

Nielen, Sebastian; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 21, pp. 14-17

Die Befristung von Arbeitsverträgen hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. In der Folge wird auch intensiv über die positiven wie negativen Effekte dieser Beschäftigungsform diskutiert. Die Debatte beschränkt sich jedoch im Wesentlichen auf Arbeitsmarktaspekte und die...

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Forschende Unternehmen schneiden besser ab

Eickelpasch, Alexander - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 35, pp. 3-14

Die industrielle Forschung hat in den vergangenen zehn Jahren expandiert. Sowohl die Zahl der forschenden Unternehmen als auch die Beschäftigung in Forschung und Entwicklung und die finanziellen Aufwendungen in diesem Bereich haben deutlich zugenommen. Zuwächse gab es vor allem bei Unternehmen...

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Industrielle Entwicklung : Deutschland und Frankreich driften auseinander

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 48, pp. 3-14

nicht weiter fortsetzte. In Frankreich kam es dagegen zu einer rasanten De-Industrialisierung; der Anteil der Industrie an …In der Europäischen Union wie in der Eurozone hat die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Industrie in den vergangenen … der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfung ist dort inzwischen geringer als in Ostdeutschland. In der deutschen Industrie …

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Technology, human capital and growth : further evidence from threshold cointegration

Apergis, Nicholas - In: The open economics journal 2 (2009), pp. 80-86

This paper assesses whether the linkages between R&D, human capital and productivity growth in a panel of EU manufacturing industries over the period 1980-2002 are affected by a critical level of human capital. To employ our data in an efficient manner, the study makes use of a dynamic...

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Measuring and decomposing sources of productivity performance in India’s paper and pulp industry under liberalized regime : a nonparametric approach

Ray, Sarbapriya - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 147-171

The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology in measuring productivity growth by decomposing it into technical change and technical efficiency change in India's paper industry. The prime objective of this article is to assess the impact of liberalization on productivity growth of...

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Foreign direct investment and export decision relationship in the large Turkish firms

Atici, Gonca; Gursoy, Guner - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 167-184

Foreign direct investment (FDI) attracts more appeal than ever for Turkey with a high current account deficit. In firm level, incoming FDI has effects on various factors in which we mainly focus on export decision. In this respect, we explore large Turkish firms in order to reveal the...

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Financial sector development and industrial production in Nigeria (1970-2009) : an ARDL cointegration approach

Udoh, Elijah; Ogbuagu, Uchechi R. - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 49-68

Literature abound justifying that industrialization is a pathway to economic development and growth. Whereas linkage between financial development and economic growth has long been a subject of intense scrutiny, not much has been done to examine the link between financial development and...

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The early diffusion of the steam engine in Britain, 1700 - 1800 : a reappraisal

Nuvolari, Alessandro; Verspagen, Bart; Tunzelmann, Nick von - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 5 (2011) 3, pp. 291-321

We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide new estimates for the regional variations in the timing, pace and extent of usage of steam engines. Our main data source is an updated version of the list of steam engines...

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