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Manufacturing Transition in Local Economies: A Regional Adjustment Model
Brown, Jason P.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
rate of establishment births and deaths in U.S. manufacturing, 2000–2004. A theoretical concept called “localized creative … destruction” is tested as a mechanism to explain the dynamics impacting the spatial distribution of manufacturing establishment … concerned with business retention and the impact of new manufacturing establishments on their existing base. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020799
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Firm Birth and Death in U.S. Manufacturing: A Regional Adjustment Model
Brown, Jason P.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Attracting manufacturing investment is a frequently used rural development policy. Previous research in the location ….S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature. Specifically, we test the relative importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012663
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Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions
Knodler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German … manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI … involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442317
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Short-run Birth and Death of U.S. Manufacturing Firms: 2000 - 2005
Brown, Jason P.; Lambert, Dayton M. - 2009
Attracting manufacturing investment remains a viable regional development policy. Previous research in the location … the U.S.manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature. Specifically, we test the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445816
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WORKFORCE PROFILE OF NEW OR RECENTLY EXPANDED MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTED SERVICES FIRMS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Leistritz, F. Larry; Coon, Randal C. - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 1997
the manufacturing and exported services sectors. (Exported services include such activities as telemarketing and data … characteristics of employees at new and expanding manufacturing and exported services firms in North Dakota. The workers were asked to … plans to look for different housing. Data came from a survey of workers at 12 new or expanding manufacturing and exported …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806259
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN RURAL NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITIES: SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
DeVuyst, Cheryl Sinn; Leistritz, F. Larry; Schepp, Angela - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 2003
the effects of manufacturing and/or exported services facilities in three communities and presents comparison data drawn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806342
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Short-run Birth and Death of U.S. Manufacturing Firms: 2000 - 2005
Brown, Jason P.; Lambert, Dayton M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
Attracting manufacturing investment remains a viable regional development policy. Previous research in the location … the U.S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature. Specifically, we test the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989119
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Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions
Knodler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German … manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI … involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989416
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880184
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Attaining universal access: Public-private partnership and business-NGO partnership
Chowdhury, Shyamal K. - 2002
This paper evaluates two alternative mechanisms, Public-Private Partnership in Peru and Business-NGO Partnership in Bangladesh, that provide rural people with access to telecommunications. The two mechanisms that are examined here are considered as two best practices in the provision of rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323588