Author: Mark E. DomsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Essays on Capital Equipment and Energy Technology in the Manufacturing Sector
Author: Mark E. DomsCenter for Economic Studies Discussion Paper
Author: Diversity Matters
Author: Somik V. LallPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Economic geography
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
How does economic geography influence industrial production and thereby affect industrial location decisions and the spatial distribution of development? For manufacturing industry, what are the externalities that matter, and to what extent? Are these externalities spatially localized? The authors answer these questions by analyzing the influence of economic geography on the cost structure of manufacturing firms by firm size for eight industry sectors in India. The economic geography factors include market access and local and urban externalities-which are concentrations of own-industry firms, concentrations of buyer-supplier links, and industrial diversity at the district (local) level. The authors find that industrial diversity is the only economic geography variable that has a significant, consistent, and substantial cost-reducing effect for firms, particularly small firms. This finding calls into question the fundamental assumptions regarding localization economies and raises further concerns on the industrial development prospects of lagging regions in developing countries.
Economic Geography
Author: Jun KooPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Economic geography
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Abstract: "Economic geography has become a mantra for many economists, geographers, and regional scientists. Previous studies have tested the importance of economic geography for production activities and found a significant association between them. Most of these studies, however, have not taken into account that economic geography influences location decisions at the firm level. Koo and Lall show a potential bias that can arise when firm location choices are not considered in estimating the contribution of economic geography to industry performance. Their analysis using microdata of Indian manufacturing firms shows there is an upward bias in the contribution of economic geography to productivity when firm location choices are not considered in the analysis. This paper--a product of the Infrastructure and Environment Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to examine industry location decisions. The study was partly funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project "Urbanization and the Quality of Life."--World Bank web site.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Essays in Technology Management and Policy
Author: David J. TeecePublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810244477
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This book examines the manner in which successful firms develop, transfer, protect, and capture value from technological innovation. In essence, it is about ?knowledge management?, which lies at the foundation of firm level competitive advantage in today's global economy. The essays contain some of the fundamental contributions to the field of knowledge management by one of its best-known thinkers; they also constitute an immensely practical guide for those managers who wish to look below the surface of what is going on in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
Made in India
Author: Sanjoy ChakravortyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
'Made In India' is a definitive account of the geography of industrialization in India. The primary goal is to analyse the consequences of specific policies, and show how policy frameworks need to be changed to achieve a more balanced, equitable, and sustainable industrial growth.
J-Curve of Productivity and Growth
Author: Mr.Arvind VirmaniPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1455298735
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that 1990s reforms were deeper and wider than the 1980s reforms that raised the growth rate of the Indian economy by 2 per cent points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it to be broadly supported by the data: Technological obsolescence, gradual adoption of new technology and learning by doing result in negative effects on measured productivity.
Post-Keynesian Essays from Down Under Volume II: Essays on Policy and Applied Economics
Author: G. HarcourtPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137475358
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Joseph Halevi, G. C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler and J. W. Nevile bring together a collection of their most influential papers on post-Keynesian thought. Their work stresses the importance of the underlying institutional framework, of the economy as a historical process and, therefore, of path determinacy. In addition, their essays suggest the ultimate goal of economics is as a tool to inform policy and make the world a better place, with better being defined by an overriding concern with social justice. Volume II assess application and policies.