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The role of clusters in the performance of the Mexican economy
Juarez-Torres, Miriam; Puigvert-Angulo, Jonathan; … - 2022
regions. It identifies 24 clusters and analyzes their geographical distribution, their role in regional growth, the evolution …-oriented clusters have a strong presence in the Northern states of the country, while services-oriented clusters in the Central ones …. Finally, clusters such as plastic products manufacturing; retail and eating services; food and beverage manufacturing; and …
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Agglomeration externalities and urbanization in Ecuador
Guevara, Carolina; Riou, Stéphane; Autant-Bernard, Corinne - 2015 - This version: September, 2015
The spatial agglomeration of economic activities play a crucial role on productivity but the composition of such an agglomeration is what really matters. There exists an ongoing debate between the predominance of the effects of agglomeration from specialization and diversity. This paper aims to...
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Agglomeration Externalities in Ecuador. Do Urbanisation and Tertiarisation Matter?
Working Paper Series, GATE - 2018
The paper investigates whether the tertiarisation and the rapid urbanisation faced by developing countries favour agglomeration economies. Focusing on Ecuadorian cantons, a productivity equation is estimated using the GMM model with instruments controlling for endogeneity. The varying impact of...
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Micro and Small Enterprises in the National Capital Region : A Study of the Gurgaon Entrepreneurial Agglomeration (India)
Mishra, Abhijit K. - 2014
This study pertains to a primary data-based analysis of some vital variables regarding Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the Gurgaon Entrepreneurial Agglomeration, Haryana (India), which is a thriving industrial complex in the Delhi National Capital Region. The study finds that the size of...
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Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2013
We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. Among general district traits, quality of physical infrastructure and workforce education are the strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing...
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Marshallian Agglomeration Economies and Entrepreneurship : The Spanish Case
Dopeso-Fernández, Roberto - 2012
This paper analyzes to what extent Marshallian agglomeration economies affect the creation of new entrepreneurial ventures at the metropolitan level. The measuring of agglomeration economies is based on the construction of indexes using the methodology of Glaeser and Kerr (2009). The indexes...
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Agglomeration externalities and urbanization in Ecuador
Rosero, Grace Carolina Guevara; Riou, Stephane; … - 2015
The spatial agglomeration of economic activities play a crucial role on productivity but the composition of such an agglomeration is what really matters. There exists an ongoing debate between the predominance of the effects of agglomeration from specialization and diversity. This paper aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400509
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Econometric Model of Services Sector Development and Impact of Tourism in Latin American Countries
Aguayo, E.; Exposito, Pilar; Lamelas, Nelida - 2014
Over recent decades some Latin American countries have experienced an important development due to the positive effect of tourism on the services sector. Our model relates tourism with the increase of Value-Added in services, taking into account other important variables which influence the...
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Impacto economico del turismo en el Mercosur y Chile (1990-2000)
Gardella, Rodrigo; Aguayo, Eva - In: Estudios Economicos de Desarrollo Internacional 2 (2002) 1
El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en describir la situacion del turismo actual y analizar la evolucion del turismo receptivo en la region del MERCOSUR y Chile en la decada de los noventa. Tambien se propone un modelo econometrico que recoge el impacto positivo del turismo en el...
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Foreign ownership and productivity: New evidence from the service sector and the R&D lab
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Simpson, Helen - 2004
This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two issues neglected in the existing literature Ö the role of multinationals in service sectors and the importance of R&D activity conducted by foreign multinationals. We review...
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