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Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Plants
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2003
frontier and that the frontier will move out faster. In particular, plants that export will achieve a higher productivity level …. However intuitive the argument, empirical evidence is meager. This hypothesis is examined by calculating the effect of export … increase their productivity advantage after entry into the export market. While the first finding can be explained by selection …
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Export markets and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Esaku, Stephen - In: Journal of African business 22 (2021) 2, pp. 254-273
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Importing, productivity and absorptive capacity in Sub-Saharan African manufacturing and services firms
Foster-McGregor, Neil; Anders, Isaksson; Kaulich, Florian - In: Open economies review 27 (2016) 1, pp. 87-117
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Export agglomeration economies in Sub-Saharan Africa manufacturing and service sectors
Abegaz, Melaku; Nene, Gibson - In: The quarterly review of economics and finance : journal … 84 (2022), pp. 40-51
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Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Plants
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2021
frontier and that the frontier will move out faster. In particular, plants that export will achieve a higher productivity level …. However intuitive the argument, empirical evidence is meager. This hypothesis is examined by calculating the effect of export … increase their productivity advantage after entry into the export market. While the first finding can be explained by selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227223
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Foreign ownership and performance in Sub-Saharan African manufacturing and services
Foster-McGregor, Neil; Isaksson, Anders; Kaulich, Florian - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 7, pp. 1197-1222
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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle
Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014
We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...
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The Chinese are here : import penetration and firm productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
Darko, Christian K.; Occhiali, Giovanni; Vanino, Enrico - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 12, pp. 2112-2135
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Impact of China's outward fdi on sub-saharan africa’s industrialization : evidence from 26 countries
Megbowon, Ebenezer; Mlambo, Courage; Okuneye, Babatunde … - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-14
The growing involvement of China in the African region has continued to stimulate questions on the impact of her involvement in the region. This paper attempt to contribute to this debate and as well pursue a development goal by empirically answering the question that "can China’s FDI in...
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Why has trade barely moved Sub-Saharan Africa to its economic potential?
Mazorodze, Brian Tavonga - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 10, pp. 1-27
The rise in global trade volumes since the early 90s has been welcomed by many under the notion that trade helps countries edge closer to their economic potential. A concerning observation, however, is that while Asia, Latin America, and Europe seem to have witnessed a discernible rise in per...
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