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Digital technologies and "value" capture in global value chains : empirical evidence from Indian manufacturing firms
Banga, Karishma - 2019
This paper examines whether digitalization can be a driver of "upgrading" in global value chains and help developing countries move into higher value-added activities. In particular, the paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of digital capabilities on product upgrading in Indian...
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Gender bias in education during conflict : evidence from Assam
Roy, Sutanuka; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...
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Gender bias in education during conflict : cvidence from Assam
Roy, Sutanuka; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517894
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Trade reform, managers, and skill intensity : evidence from India
Chakraborty, Pavel - 2019
India underwent a significant structural transformation through trade liberalization and other reforms (domestic) in the 1990s because of a balance-of-payments crisis. I use this episode to identify the causal effect of a drop in tariffs on wage inequality, measured through managerial and...
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Does internal and external R&D affect SMEs innovation performance? : micro level evidence from India and Pakistan
Naqeeb-ur-Rehman - 2015 - Preliminary draft
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance … SMEs. In comparison, only external R&D showed positive association to product and process innovation for Pakistani SMEs …. Similarly, Pakistani SMEs are externally constrained (lack of access to credit) than Indian SMEs. Moreover, Indian SMEs are …
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R&D strategy of small and medium enterprises in India
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - 2010
of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India. These SMEs account for the largest chunk of … driving the SME in-house R&D activities. It shows that Indian SMEs continue to be vulnerable among all firms as they have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524087
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Does internal and external research and development affect innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises? : evidence from India and Pakistan
Naqeeb-ur-Rehman - 2016
performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and … 696 Pakistani SMEs from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, and bivariate probit estimation techniques were used. The … stronger for Indian SMEs. The negative relationship between firm size and innovation output implies that SMEs in both countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490750
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Boosting access to credit and ensuring financial inclusion for all in Costa Rica
Sunel, Enes - 2020
Having access to credit is essential for households to address the volatility of their personal finances over time and for firms to fund their investments. Accessing financial services at affordable cost on the other hand, is crucial to ensure financial security of all economic units. Despite...
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Product sophistication and spillovers from foreign direct investment
Eck, Katharina; Huber, Stephan - 2014
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries is often associated with higher economic growth due to knowledge and technology spillovers to local firms. One way how FDI speeds up growth is that it facilitates the manufacturing of more sophisticated products by local firms. So far,...
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On learning, innovation and competence building in India s SMEs : challenges ahead
Das, Keshab; Joseph, K. J. - 2010
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