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Diversifikationsmaße im Praxistest: Ergebnisse auf der Grundlage von amtlichen Mikrodaten für Deutschland
Zloczysti, Petra; Faber, Cathleen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 3, pp. 29-42
Die Wahl zwischen Diversifikation und Spezialisierung ist eine lange und kontrovers diskutierte Frage in der … messen, wie sie bei real existierender, also beobachtbarer Diversifikation reagieren und ob sie in Querschnitt- und … Diversifikation sowie ihrer Entwicklung im Zeitverlauf für das verarbeitende Gewerbe in Deutschland gegeben. …
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Eastern Africa's Manufacturing Sector : Promoting Technology, Innovation, Productivity and Linkages
Bienen, Derk - 2015
This report assesses major opportunities and constraints for the development of Eastern Africa's manufacturing sector, considers suitable examples from other regions, and draws lessons to enhance the manufacturing sector's contribution to Eastern Africa's economic transformation. The report is a...
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Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth : Evidence from Industrialization in France
Juhász, Réka - 2020
We construct a novel plant-level dataset to examine the process of technology adoption during a period of rapid technological change: The diffusion of mechanized cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution in France. We document new stylized facts that can help explain why major...
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Structural Transformation to Manufacturing and Services : What Role for Trade?
Anderson, Kym - 2019
Understanding how and why economies structurally transform as they grow is crucial for making sound national policy decisions. Typically, analysts who study this issue focus on sectoral shares of gross domestic product and employment. This paper extends those studies to include exports,...
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The Information Technology Agreement, Manufacturing and Innovation – China's and India's Contrasting Experiences
Ernst, Dieter - 2016
The Information Technology Agreement (ITA), a pluri-lateral trade agreement, seeks to accelerate and deepen the reduction of trade barriers for the critically important information and communication technology (ICT) industry. ITA thus provides an interesting case study of how tariff reduction...
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Positionierung der deutschen Industrie im globalen Konsolidierungsprozess: im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Reinhard, Michael; Schedl, Hans; Buchwald, Achim; … - 2007
Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie erstellt und im Oktober 2006 abgeschlossen. Gegenstand der Studie ist die Untersuchung des Globalisierungs- und Anpassungsprozesses sowie seiner Ergebnisse in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien,...
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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
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Foreign Manufacturing Multinationals and the Transformation of the Chinese Economy : New Measurements, New Perspectives
Moran, Theodore - 2011
What is the relationship between foreign manufacturing multinational corporations (MNCs) and the expansion of indigenous technological and managerial technological capabilities among Chinese firms? China has been remarkably successful in designing industrial policies, joint venture requirements,...
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Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs : A New Narrative for African Manufacturing
Naudé, Wim - 2018
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called 'brilliant' new technologies associated...
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Brilliant technologies and brave entrepreneurs : a new narrative for African manufacturing
Naudé, Wim - 2018
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called "brilliant" new technologies associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949049