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Linked in by foreign direct investment : the role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia
Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2018
relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947035
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The economic complexity of the Visegrád countries and the role of trade with Germany
Soyyiğit, Semanur; Michalski, Bartosz - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 219-236
The contemporary division of production in the global economy poses challenges typical for dependent market economies of the Visegrád countries (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). This comparative study explores whether the foreign trade of V4 with Germany contributes to their...
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China-Africa co-operation in structural transformation : ideas, opportunities, and finances
Lin, Justin Yifu; Wang, Yan - 2014
This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see … if these ideas are relevant for Africa. We use empirical evidence from China-Africa co-operation and find that China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246053
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Complexity, Specialization, and Growth
Ferrarini, Benno; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation, where increased complexity could exert either a positive or a negative effect on the level of output but always a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507385
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Complexity, specialization, and growth
Ferrarini, Benno; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation, where increased complexity could exert either a positive or a negative effect on the level of output but always a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734166
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Analysis and Assessment of ICT Innovations Impact on Competitiveness of Foreign Economic Relations : Azerbaijan's Experience
Abasova, Samira - 2022
Considering that the modified and improved ICT service becomes a commodity in the domestic and foreign markets, it can be said with complete certainty that the improved service in the domestic market, i. e. as a commodity, meets the demand of domestic consumers. But the updated and improved ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264945
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Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency
Kohnert, Dirk - 2016
Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese … migrant entrepreneurs in Africa and their articulation with African counterparts was little explored up to the early 2010s … entrepreneurs in Africa. This has been underlined unison in the four books under review. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723780
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You can hear me now : how microloans and cell phones are connecting the world's poor to the global economy
Sullivan, Nicholas P. - 2007 - 1. ed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377347
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NEPAD and the digital divide : the case of Botswana and the silent marginalised minorities
Mphinyane, Sethunya Tshepho - In: Africa development : a quarterly journal of the Council … 30 (2005) 1/2, pp. 152-162
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002998672
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Myanmar : the key link between South Asia and Southeast Asia
Florento, Hector; Corpuz, Maria Isabela - 2014
This paper examines the road and railway links in Myanmar connecting northeast India on the one side with the rest of Southeast Asia on the other. It also discusses the importance of new deep-sea ports in creating alternative shipping routes, essential for Myanmar's international links. It also...
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