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The impact of finance on the performance of Thai manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises
Amornkitvikai, Yot; Harvie, Charles - 2016
elaborates on the key sources of finance existing for Thai manufacturing SMEs and their importance for SME performance as … measured by technical efficiency, export performance, and technological innovation. This study also examines the key factors … the results from the survey reveal that few Thai manufacturing SMEs actively seek external finance from these institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653778
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The impact of finance on the performance of Thai manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises
Amornkitvikai, Yot; Harvie, Charles - 2016
elaborates on the key sources of finance existing for Thai manufacturing SMEs and their importance for SME performance as … measured by technical efficiency, export performance, and technological innovation. This study also examines the key factors … the results from the survey reveal that few Thai manufacturing SMEs actively seek external finance from these institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490747
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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity
Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26
detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian … manufacturing. The firm-level data suggest that experienced employees and new university graduates, cooperation with other firms …, product market competition, and government support for R&D, training, and technical assistance are the drivers of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650236
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Reinventing American Manufacturing: The Role of Innovation
Bonvillian, William B. - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 7 (2012) 3, pp. 97-125
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602862
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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing
Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22
Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour productivity growth in manufacturing in the United States has … in US high-tech manufacturing sector. The Canadian high-sector is smaller than its US counterpart and experienced much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518970
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Suomen teollisen teknologian, tuotannon ja työllisyyden suhteellinen erikoistuminen
Pajarinen, Mika - 2010
This study analyzes trends in specialization of the Finnish industry since the 1980s. Low technology industries, such … their share of output has decreased significantly and Finland has specialized more and more in high technology industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273060
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Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War
Utar, Hale - 2022
This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy are affected by violence due to drug trafficking. Employing rich longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351699
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Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization
Bartik, Timothy J. - 2003
The recent decline in American manufacturing probably reflects long-run problems. A sensible approach to revitalizing … American manufacturing would focus on overcoming inefficiencies in the development of manufacturing, such as problems in small … manufacturing can best be implemented through federal efforts to encourage and support state and local economic development policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763260
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Firms and labor in times of violence : evidence from the Mexican drug war
Utar, Hâle - 2022
This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy are affected by violence due to drug trafficking. Employing rich longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170284
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Revealed Technological Advantage of the Finnish Industry
Pajarinen, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010
This study analyzes trends in specialization of the Finnish industry since the 1980s. Low technology industries, such … their share of output has decreased significantly and Finland has specialized more and more in high technology industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596271