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European transition at twenty: Assessing progress in countries and sectors

Berglöf, Erik; Bruynooghe, Lise; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2010

This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial practices; and assesses transition progress at the...

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Workers’ awareness context in Italian 4.0 factories

Cirillo, Valeria; Rinaldini, Matteo; Staccioli, Jacopo; … - 2018

The study of the co-evolution of processes of technological innovation and the resulting organisational changes has …

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Unions, Collective Bargaining and Firm Performance

Laroche, Patrice - 2020

The impact of unions on firm performance has been the subject of debate and controversy in most industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. The purpose of this chapter is to review and assess the scope and limitations of the economic analysis of unions as...

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Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during the Pandemic

Kim, Jun Hyung; Koh, Yu Kyung; Park, Jinseong - 2021

This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of workers in the first half of 2020. Furthermore, we find...

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Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during the Pandemic

Kim, Jun Hyung; Koh, Yu Kyung; Park, Jinseong - 2022

This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, with particular attention to the role of home environments. Using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of...

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Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development: Local content in Zambia - a faltering experience?

Lombe, Wilfred C. - 2018

This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia's mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification. It assesses productive linkages and manufacturing competitiveness during import-substitution industrialization and post-1991 liberalization and privatization, and...

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Clustering, competition, and spillover effects: Evidence from Cambodia

Chhair, Sokty; Newman, Carol - 2014

The potential benefits of the geographical clustering of economic activity have been well documented in the literature, yet there is little empirical evidence quantifying these effects in developing country contexts. This is surprising given the emphasis in industrial policy on productivity...

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Productivity-enhancing manufacturing clusters: Evidence from Vietnam

Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2014

In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data source from Vietnam for 2002 to 2007, a period of significant transition. We address issues of simultaneity, self-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an...

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Can mining promote industrialization? A comparative analysis of policy frameworks in three Southern African countries

Fessehaie, Judith; Rustomjee, Zavareh; Kaziboni, Lauralyn - 2016

This paper explores the potential to leverage large-scale mineral extraction in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to foster mineral beneficiation and upstream industries. The evidence suggests that the success or failure of a resource-based industrialization approach is country and sector specific,...

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Fessehaie, Judith; Rustomjee, Zavareh; Kaziboni, Lauralyn - 2016

This paper explores the linkages between the national systems of innovation of Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and … reveals four individual national systems of innovation, with different outcomes in terms of engineering skills development …, technical vocational education and training, research and development, innovation capabilities, and competitiveness of the …

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