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The Role of the Firm's Internal and Relational Capabilities in Clusters : When Distance and Embeddedness are Not Enough to Explain Innovation
Hervas-Oliver, Jose-Luis - 2010
Recent studies about clusters claim that firm-specific characteristics should be considered as central to the explanation of innovation This article contributes to this literature and explores the role of combinations of internal and relational resources to the explanation of innovation in...
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Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William; Goswami, Grover - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010852329
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Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950745
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Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that...
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Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find … extensive evidence of agglomeration economies among manufacturing industries. In particular, supportive incumbent industrial … evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers encourage entry. The importance of agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325523
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Highway to Success : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039865
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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2012
entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female … female. Moreover, higher female ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041870
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Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2013
, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find … extensive evidence of agglomeration economies among manufacturing industries. In particular, supportive incumbent industrial … evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers encourage entry. The importance of agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041872
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Theorizing Path Dependence : A Review of Positive Feedback Mechanisms in Technology Markets, Regional Clusters, and Organizations
Dobusch, Leonhard; Schüßler, Elke - 2016
The concept of path dependence has often been criticized as vague and only narrowly applicable. Although we can find some very refined definitions of the concept, we also find a wide range of empirical phenomena being described as path-dependent. We argue that more detailed accounts of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164589
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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female … female. Moreover, higher female ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371806