This study tests how different types of government funding affect the recovery of zombie enterprises in the manufacturing sector of China. The results show that funding for production and innovation can revive zombie enterprises in expanding industries, while funding for interest cannot....

In 2015, at the United Nations forum, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were approved to be met by 2030. This research aims to know what has been the behavior of productivity and efficiency of the manufacturing industry in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador, and the relationship with...

Through investment in scientific, technological, and innovation activities and investment in computer equipment and communication, organizations try to create a strategy that helps them establish a better innovation performance. Mainly when these organizations are from the manufacturing...

The study attempted to assess the moderating role of corporate culture (CC) between the relationship of logistics (LQS) and market flexibility (MF) in Indonesian manufacturing context. Purposive sampling was used and data were collected from the 200 supply chain managers. Later, data subjected...

This paper uses seven standard market power indicators (price-cost margin, and six drawn upon the production approach) to estimate the effect market power on the rate of change of total factor productivity for a sample of formal manufacturing firms of Peru for the period 2002-2019. After...

This study investigates the impacts of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the South African manufacturing sector in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the Industry 4.0 concept. The South African manufacturing sector, consisting of approximately 11,400 VAT-registered organizations, is...

This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in a sample of 10 ex-socialist European and Asian countries. While the link between FDI and economic growth has been extensively investigated in empirical literature, this paper contributes to this...

Studies on the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the export of the manufacturing industry, as disaggregated into the low-, medium-, and high-technology intensity, were lacking. However, the trade impact of ICT is mixed and relies on countries' development and adoption...

This study offers an in-depth analysis of labour productivity of manufacturing sector in Turkey and provides a comparison with EU27 and EA19 countries utilizing Eurostat time series data of 63 quarters covering 2005/first quarter-2020/third quarter time interval. Productivity trends are...

Background The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has set a global standard for promoting sustainable practices. However, manufacturing companies need help in adopting these practices due to differences between industries, the need for research and development, and variations...