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Economic growth before the Industrial Revolution : rural production and guilds in the European Little Divergence

Rota, Mauro; Spinesi, Luca - In: Economic modelling 130 (2024), pp. 1-15

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Rural merchants in the Early Modern Republic of Venice

Demo, Edoardo; Ongaro, Giulio - In: Business history 67 (2025) 1, pp. 26-49

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Bank credit for manufacturing in rural Assam : have the trends changed?

Mohapatra, Bibhuti Bhusan; Meitei, A. Jiran - In: Labour & development 29 (2022) 1, pp. 71-85

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Ambient Returns: Creative Capital's Contribution to Local Manufacturing Competitiveness

Wojan, Timothy R.; McGranahan, David A. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36 (2007) 1

This paper addresses the possibility that competitive rural manufacturing is increasingly driven by quality … manufacturing bases that are more reliant on innovation. This contrasts with the cost advantage rationale of traditional rural … manufacturing, an advantage that is eroding with increased globalization. The analysis provides the first empirical evidence that …

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Rural Competitiveness: Results of the 1996 Rural Manufacturing Survey

Gale Jr., H. Frederick; McGranahan, David A.; Teixeira, Ruy - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1999

Establishments in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan locations are surprisingly similar in their adoption of new technologies, worker skill requirements, use of government programs and technical assistance, exports, and sources of financing, according to the results of a nationwide survey of 3,909...

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MANUFACTURING SPECIALIZATION IN THE SOUTHEAST: RURAL NECESSITY, RURAL POSSIBILITY OR RURAL VESTIGE?

Lackey, Steven Brent; Wojan, Timothy R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999

This paper examines three alternative explanations for manufacturing specialization in rural areas: 1) the greater efficiency of very large plants; 2) the "localization" advantages identified with a number of firms in the same industry locating near each other; or 3) a strategy to gain...

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