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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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Why Germany needs structural reform
Wurzel, Eckhard - In: CESifo Forum 6 (2005) 4, pp. 28-32
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The Corporate Tax Reform of 2008: Germany’s Answer to Globalization – or Just Patchwork?
Baretti, Christian; Radulescu, Doina Maria; … - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 3, pp. 50-59
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037300
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Downsizing and Worker Separations: Modelling the Regional Economic Impacts of Alternative Department of Energy Workforce Adjustment Policies
Lewis, David; Michael Frisch†; Michael Greenberg‡ - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 1, pp. 67-83
Lewis D., Frisch M. and Greenberg M. (2004) Downsizing and worker separations: modelling the regional economic impacts of alternative Department of Energy workforce adjustment policies, Reg. Studies 38, 67-83. Fifty years of huge investments by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in some regions...
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The cluster-based development strategy in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector: A critical assessment from an Austrian perspective
Wandel, Jürgen - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2010
This paper challenges the uselfullness of the cluster-based development strategy to diversify and increase the competitiveness of Kazakhstan's economy, regarding the case of the country's agro-food sector. For this it refers to insights of the Austrian Market Process Theory. It is argued that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597146
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Deciding about (de-)centralization of industrial policy: Delegation by a central authority vs. bargaining of regional governments
Morasch, Karl - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2003
Die europäische Kommission ist primärer Träger der Industriepolitik in der europäischen Union. Industriepolitische … Industriepolitik besser von einem zentralen Träger durchgeführt wird, der Spillovers internalisiert, oder von den regionalen … Industriepolitik regional oder durch eine zentrale Instanz durchgeführt werden soll. Interessanterweise schneidet bei Verhandlungen mit …
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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica
Cornick, Jorge; Jimenez, Jorge; Román, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
Public-private collaboration in productive development policy in Costa Rica frequently takes the form of policy co-governance: an autonomous institution in charge of policy for a particular economic sector is created, with a board of directors comprising representatives from both the public and...
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Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico
Baz, Verónica; Capelo, Maria Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country's development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...
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Developing Economies as Toyota Production Systems: Why the Analogy Makes Sense, How It Can Inform Industrial Policy
Sabel, Charles - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
This essay explores the governance mechanisms by which an industrial policy based on Toyota Production System (TPS) principles can learn from, collaborate with and ultimately help transform the context of the economic actors without being captured by them. This working paper was prepared for the...
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The Role of Flagship Firms, External Actors and Support Institutions in the Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Brazil: Two Industrial Cluster Studies
Rocha, Angela da; Kury, Beatriz; Monteiro, Joana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper examines the process by which firms in a cluster start to export based on systemic interactions and the process of diffusion of exporting as a business strategy within the cluster. Two Brazilian manufacturing industries are studied, and within each one a geographic cluster was...
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