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Employment effects of joining global production networks: Does domestic value added matter?Is the emphasis placed in trade and industry policy-making in developing countries on the share of domestic value-added (‘value-added ratio’) in exports consistent with the objective of achieving economic development through an export-ori...
global production networks value added ExportsBook Chapter
Determinants of Industrial Embeddedness :: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in an African EconomyRecent developments in policy initiatives as well as some current practical events have combined to put the spotlight on the issue of industrial embeddedness in sub-Saharan Africa...
Business networks Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial relationsJournal Article
Social Capital, Network Effects, and Savings in Rural VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
Business networks Financial institutions HouseholdsBook Chapter
Global Supply Chains in Chinese Industrialization: Impact on Waste Scavenging in Developing CountriesFrom the book: Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Business networks Industrialization International business enterprisesBook Chapter
Should Africa Industrialize?From the book: Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Business networks Economic development Industrial policyWorking Paper
Social Capital, Network Effects and Savings in Rural VietnamInformation failures are a major barrier to formal financial saving in low income countries...
Business networks Financial institutions HouseholdsWorking Paper
Are Spatial Networks of Firms Random?: Evidence from VietnamWe present a new approach for the empirical investigation of agglomeration patterns. We examine the clustering of manufacturing firms by identifying patterns of spatial network formation that deviate from randomly generated networks...
Business networks ManufacturingWorking Paper
Global Supply Chains in Chinese Industrialization: Impact on Waste Scavenging in Developing CountriesChina has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide variety of raw materials in increasing amounts in order to manufacture all kinds of products...
Business networks Industrialization International business enterprisesWorking Paper
Should Africa Industrialize?Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized...
Business networks Economic development Industrial policyJournal Article
Innovation Capacity and Economic Development: China and IndiaPart of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
Business networks Economic development Institutional economicsBook Chapter
Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing CountriesFrom the book: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Business enterprises Business networks Economic developmentBook Chapter
Entrepreneurship, Development and the Spatial Context: Retrospect and ProspectsFrom the book: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Business networks Economic development EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
Determinants of Industrial Embeddedness: Evidence from African Manufacturing FirmsRecent developments in policy initiatives as well as some current practical events have combined to put the spotlight on the issue of industrial embeddedness in sub-Saharan Africa...
Business networks Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial relationsBook Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment from China, India, and South Africa in sub-Saharan Africa: A New or Old Phenomenon?From the book: Southern Engines of Global Growth
Business networks International business enterprises Foreign investmentsWorking Paper
Early International Entrepreneurship in China: Extent and DeterminantsWe use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank’s Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China...
Business networks Economic surveys EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
Interplay of Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Case of UgandaThis paper discusses the characteristics and determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in Uganda. It is based on a recent survey of urban and rural entrepreneurs, executed in May 2008...
Business enterprises Business networks Economic development