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The shift to services : a review of the literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ?classics?, however (Fisher (1935), Clark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261657
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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerard - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274699
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Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan
Atkin, David; Chaudhry, Azam; Chaudry, Shamyla; … - 2015
This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307431
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Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications
Andonova, Veneta; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality of countries’ political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703017
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703394
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680898
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Much ado about nothing? Do domestic firms really benefit from foreign direct investment?
Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - 2003
reviewing possible sources of FDI induced spillovers. It then provides a comprehensive evaluation of the empirical evidence on … productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a … range of possible spillover channels, robust empirical support for positive spillovers is, at best, mixed. The reasons for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265405
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Spillovers from foreign firms through worker mobility: an empirical investigation
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2002
While there has been a large empirical literature on productivity spillovers from foreign to domestic firms this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265549
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2008
Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging market economies to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using recent data on firms in 27 transition economies, we test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268909