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Industrial growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from machine learning with insights from nightlight satellite images
Otchia, Christian Samen; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
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Industrialization in developing countries : is it related to poverty reduction?
Erumban, Abdul Azeez; Vries, Gaaitzen J. de - 2021
This paper proposes an empirical framework that relates poverty reduction to production growth. We use the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database to measure the contribution to growth of productivity improvements within sectors and structural change-the reallocation of workers across...
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Economics of High-Temperature Nuclear Reactors for Industrial Cogeneration
Hampe, Jona - 2014
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme challenges the cost-competitiveness of energy-intensive industries in Europe, and induces them to search for low-carbon alternatives for their process heat requirements, such as cogeneration or the employment of nuclear power plants. The high-temperature nuclear...
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Tipping, Firm Strategy, and Industrial Organization
Azar, Ofer H. - 2007
Tipping is a phenomenon that has been studied for many years, but is receiving increased attention in recent years. The magnitude of tips is very large - in the US, for example, tips in the food industry alone amount to about $42 billion each year, and tips are given in many other establishments...
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Determinants of regional patterns of manufacturing exports : Indian firms since the Mid-1990s
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Das, Keshab - 2013
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Study on the responsible management of the supply chain in the garment sector
Slob, Bart (contributor); Ganguli, Rupa (contributor) - AETS - 2016
The objective of this study is to contribute to an ongoing background analysis, building on work already carried out within and outside of the European Commission with respect to engagement in the garment sector to support sustainability in the garment industry. The analysis will essentially...
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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
van Ark, Bart - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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Effects of Financial Market Imperfections on Indian Firms' Exporting Behavior
Ito, Hiro; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - 2011
Using data from more than 6,000 manufacturing firms in India for 1996–2008, we investigate the impact of financial … India still does not allow the financial system to meet the stronger demand for funds by firms, especially small ones …
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Identifying High Growth Firms in India: An Alternative Approach
Aggarwal, Aradhna; Sato, Takahiro - 2015
Over the past two decades, considerable interest has grown in high growth firms (HGFs). However, the concept of HGFs still remains controversial. One of the most controversial issues is size and age of these firms. The present study argues that the current literature on HGFs may offer little...
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Attracting industries to developing areas : central and state incentives in India
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India - 1972
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