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Global Sourcing
Mol, M.J.; van Tulder, van Tulder, R.J.M.; Beije, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
propagated as a key means to improve the performance of firms. It is argued that becoming more lean and internationally focused …'s performance. The analysis reveals that for this sample of firms global sourcing is the exception rather than the rule. Although … performance. International outsourcing can not be used to adequately explain firm performance. Therefore, an alternative approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731196
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The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI): An observational instrument for pretesting self-completion questionnaires
Hak, Hak, A.; van der Veer, K.; Jansen, Jansen, H.A.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI) is an instrument for pretesting a self-completion questionnaire by observing actual instances of interaction between the instrument and respondents (the response process). Because this process mainly consists of cognitive processing (‘thinking’) and is...
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Some Economics of Digital Content
Dolfsma, Wilfred - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
The music industry is currently subject to changes influenced by ongoing digitalisation and informatization that are unprecedented. Other sectors can expect to undergo in the near future what the media industry is going through now – the movie industry being a prime suspect. Each day, some...
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Climate change and industrial policy
Naudé, Wim - 2011
This paper explores the implications of climate change for industrial policy (IP). Five implications are discussed, namely the need for international coordination of IPs; for putting human development, and not emission targets, as the overriding objective of low-carbon IP; of stimulating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381960
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Industry in Tanzania : performance, prospects, and public policy
Page, John M. - 2016
Tanzania ranks among the leading stars of the 'African growth miracle', but a sector that has been largely absent from the Tanzania success story is industry. Although growth of manufacturing has outpaced economic growth over the past decade, relative to international norms and its ambitious...
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Motorcycle parts and aftermarket industry regional value chain in Southern Africa
Mtanga, Sithembiso; McCamel, Richard - 2019
This paper provides an overview of the structure, key functions, and characteristics of the motorcycle parts and aftermarket industries in Southern Africa in order to identify challenges to and opportunities for growth in these industries. The research examines the end markets and utilization of...
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South African gold mining and local procurement in Tanzania and Ghana
Smith, Michael Nassen; Osborne, Carilee; Moola, Zunaid; … - 2019
We examine the extent to which two of Africa’s leading gold mining economies, Ghana and Tanzania, have adopted transformative local procurement policies to enhance backward linkages from the minerals sector. We assess the impact that evolving legislation in the gold industry has had on...
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Industrial clusters : the case for Special Economic Zones in Africa
Newman, Carol; Page, John M. - African Development Bank - 2017
recommendations to improve SEZs performance. …
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Structural transformation and inclusive growth : Kuznets' "developer's dilemma" in Indonesia
Kim, Kyunghoon; Mungsunti, Arriya; Sumner, Andrew; … - 2020
We focus on special characteristics of the manufacturing sector, in terms of employment generation and productivity growth, that enable the rapid, resilient economic catch-up of developing countries. We consider the 'developer's dilemma' and the relationship between manufacturing value added or...
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Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh
Raihan, Selim; Khan, Sunera Saba - 2020
-made garments sector: the performance of other industries has been rather weak. In order to become a sustained, inclusive driver of …
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