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Industrial Policies in Colombia
Melendez, Marcela; Perry, Guillermo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper surveys and analyzes industrial policies in Colombia, finding extensive use of productive development policies (PDPs) and despite claims of only moderate government intervention. Rarely explicitly associated with the need to address market failures, PDPs are instead associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468430
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Estudios de competitividad sectoriales. Industria manufacturera
Terra, María Inés; Bittencourt, Gustavo; Domingo, Rosario - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - 2004
The aim of this study is to analyse competitiveness in textiles, garments and design, and pharmaceutical industry in Uruguay. In textiles, wool and leather industries are expected in the medium run to maintain their competitive capacity, increasing the importance of design to create products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481485
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High Hopes and Limited Successes: Experimenting with Industrial Polices in the Leather Industry in Ethiopia
Abebe, Girum; Schaefer, Florian - Ethiopian Development Research Institute - 2014
In the presence of standardized production technology and the possibility of potentially unlimited market rendered by international trade, there is clear comparative advantages to be realized in experimenting with industrial polices in the leather industry in Ethiopia. This paper reviews wide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735008
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Notas sobre Política de Desarrollo Productivo en Colombia
Eslava, Marcela; Meléndez, Marcela; Perry, Guillermo - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2014
Este documento contiene una serie de reflexiones sobre políticas de desarrollo del sector productivo en Colombia, que surgen de investigaciones de los autores, algunas de ellas en compañía de otros coautores. El documento, estructurado a manera de “postre de notas”, plantea reflexiones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098128
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Competitiveness and future challenges of Pohjois-Savo - A report for The Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)
Hernesniemi, Hannu; Kulvik, Martti; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012
The turnover of the companies in North Savo in 2011 was nearly 10 billion euros, of which industry accounted for just under a third. The industrial structure of the region is not strong, but on the other hand it is not alarmingly thin either, because it does have certain successful niches. North...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987294
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Os desafios para a reestruturação do complexo agroindustrial canavieiro do Centro-Sul
Vian, Carlos E. F.; Belik, Walter - In: Economia 4 (2003) 1, pp. 153-194
This article analyzes the changes in the structure and trade of sugar and alcohol production at Center-South region of Brazil in the 90s. The data demonstrate that this sector showed a process of great product differentiation and modernization in their plants over the past 10 years. It is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001620
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La compétitivité de l'industrie d'habillement tunisienne. Atouts et limites (The tunisian clothing industry competitiveness : assets and limits)
FRIJA, Iheb - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2008
current study, we analyze the international competitiveness of the Tunisian textile sector based on the factor endowment … concept. The Comparative Advantage in addition to the "Matrix of Quality" of the Tunisian textile and clothing sector will be … development of the textiles and clothing productions, our analysis will also focus on the evolution of the Tunisian main exported …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012413
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Knowledge-based productivity in low-tech industries: evidence from firms in developing countries.
Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Using firm level data from five countries - Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tanzania and Bangladesh - this paper examines the knowledge-based determinants of productivity of firms active in food processing, textiles, and garments and leather products. In particular, it seeks to investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856466
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Knowledge-based productivity in low-tech industries: evidence from firms in developing countries.
Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
Using firm level data from five countries - Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tanzania and Bangladesh - this paper examines the knowledge-based determinants of productivity of firms active in food processing, textiles, and garments and leather products. In particular, it seeks to investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150756
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Cálculo y análisis de indicadores sectoriales de comercio exterior para el caso ecuatoriano
Velín, Margarita; Medina, Paúl - In: Analítika 2 (2011) 2, pp. 7-33
Este trabajo calcula y analiza el comportamiento de indicadores sectoriales de comercio exterior para el caso ecuatoriano, en el período 2002-2010. El análisis está centrado en ramas de actividades correspondientes al sector económico primario y al sector secundario que considerando la...
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