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Knowledge-based productivity in low-tech industries: evidence from firms in developing countries.

Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

Using firm level data from five countries - Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tanzania and Bangladesh - this paper examines the knowledge-based determinants of productivity of firms active in food processing, textiles, and garments and leather products. In particular, it seeks to investigate the...

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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil

Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of …

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What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?

Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing …

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Information and intellectual property: The global challenges

Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab; Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …

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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development

Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...

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