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supply on technological progress, shows that longer-term trends set in motion, from new technology enabled global sourcing …, improve equity. Firms in emerging markets gain more access; labour markets become more inclusive. Global sourcing has the …
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This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has … between productivity and exports, and exploiting heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United …
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quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel … estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from …
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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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Industry 4.0 was born amid a technological breakthrough and development which set information out to become a valuable element in strengthening competitive advantages and innovation processes to improve organizations productivity performance. For this, the scientific and business community is...
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A number of studies in the literature have recently explored the causes behind the European productivity slowdown from the mid-1990s onwards and the correlative increase in the productivity gap between Europe and the United States (e.g., van Ark et al, 2008; Maudos et al, 2008; van Ark and Inklaar,...
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owners. The exogenous component of technology ownership is isolated by using information on the regional presence of … average regional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoption improves value-added per …
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technology ownership, whereas obstacles related to infrastructure in particular, reduces the probability that firms own … technology. Results indicate that while all firms rely on technology in the face of regulatory and other obstacles, those with …. A gender-of-owner disaggregated Oaxaca-Blinder type decomposition of differences in technology ownership indicates that …
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This paper addresses various issues relating to technology and transfer of technology such as technology and society …, technology and science, channels and models of technology transfer, the role of multinational companies in transfer of technology …
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In this paper we examine determinants of initial adoption and subsequent intensification of corporate use of business practices employing the internet. In contrast to previous examinations that have looked at highest income countries, we study companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Many...
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