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Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs: A New Narrative for African Manufacturing
Naudé, Wim - 2018
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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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005842
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The Race for an Artificial General Intelligence: Implications for Public Policy
Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2018
An arms race for an artificial general intelligence (AGI) would be detrimental for and even pose an existential threat to humanity if it results in an unfriendly AGI. In this paper an all-pay contest model is developed to derive implications for public policy to avoid such an outcome. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931702
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New technologies create opportunities
Murray, Sally - 2017
-Saharan Africa and more advanced developing and developed countries. Technology can help to overcome distances between producers and …
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Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cellphoneson Productivity in a Diffi cult Business Climate:Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
averageregional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoptionimproves value-added per worker by …Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators toovercome constraints associated … significant positive impactson productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with femaleprincipal …
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Growth impacts of the exchange rate and technology
Márquez-Velázquez, Alejandro - 2016
suggest that developing countries grow faster when they are globally competitive in low-technology manufacturing and natural …
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The heterogeneity of the machine tool industry in Brazil
Guerrero, Glaison Augusto; Fonseca, Pedro Cezar Dutra; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 18 (2017) 2, pp. 260-274
The current paper aimed to investigate the reasons for the technological and competitive heterogeneity in the machine tool industry in Brazil. By analyzing the trajectory of the sector, we can highlight three main reasons for such heterogeneity. First, due to the competitive framework that...
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Trends for smart city strategies in emerging Asia
Matsumoto, Tadashi; Crook, Jonathan N.; Tanaka, Kensuke - 2019
facilitate citizen engagement. Policy makers in the region have adopted plans to develop and promote the use of technology to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132892
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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978455
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The race for an artificial general intelligence : implications for public policy
Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2018
An arms race for an artificial general intelligence (AGI) would be detrimental for and even pose an existential threat to humanity if it results in an unfriendly AGI. In this paper an all-pay contest model is developed to derive implications for public policy to avoid such an outcome. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895813