than in states. These findings are robust to instrumental variables estimation that relies on an instrument set …

firms in China. Using a unique and detailed dataset on manufacturing firms in China, we are able to follow the changes in … location patterns of firms between 2002 and 2008. Our analysis shows that firms in China are more localized than in the UK or … new entrants localize. Private firms, firms from Hong-Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreign firms are more localized than …

firms in China. Using a unique and detailed dataset on manufacturing firms in China, we are able to follow the changes in … location patterns of firms between 2002 and 2008. Our analysis shows that firms in China are more localized than in the UK or … new entrants localize. Private firms, firms from Hong-Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreign firms are more localized than …

technology to improve the performance of manufacturing firms in the Philippines. Using the fixed effects approach to World Bank … introducing foreign-licensed technology to manufacturing firms in terms of annual sales, employment, and energy intensity …. Interestingly, the impact is more pronounced and significant among manufacturing firms that conduct workforce trainings, thereby …

index-based approach to determine Germany’s Tech Hubs. It looks at the concentration of technological employment and … potential of Germany’s metropolitan areas across 15 dimensions. The results show that Munich and Berlin are the leading Tech … Hubs in Germany. However, smaller cities are also highly competitive. Generally speaking, technology employment tends to be …

creation of new organisations and clusters as a geographically proximate group of interconnected firms and associated … these questions, this paper distinguishes between clusters and industrial agglomerations and advances a theoretical model …, this paper finds that clusters do have an impact on entrepreneurship at the regional level, but industrial agglomerations …

) informational externalities, giving rise to locational cascades and imitation of other foreign MNEs, and (ii) potential knowledge …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import …Using detailed firm-product level quarterly data, we develop an estimation framework of a Multi-Product Production … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi …

destinations and across exporting firms, and of the time-series variation in aggregate exports and its relation to time …-series variation in the export supply decisions of firms. It is found that the cross-sectional variation of exports is mostly accounted … exporting firms that retain their export status from year to year. …