Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters

Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters

Poor management has long been suspected as a major constraint on job creation in the manufacturing sector in low-income countries. In this sector, countless micro and small enterprises in industrial clusters account for a large share of employment. This paper examines the roles of industrial cluster...

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Main Authors: Sonobe, Tetsushi, Higuchi, Yuki, Otsuka, Keijiro
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
job creation
labor productivity
industrial cluster
management
Entrepreneurship
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12143
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spelling okr-10986-121432021-04-23T14:02:59Z Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters Sonobe, Tetsushi Higuchi, Yuki Otsuka, Keijiro job creation labor productivity industrial cluster management Entrepreneurship Poor management has long been suspected as a major constraint on job creation in the manufacturing sector in low-income countries. In this sector, countless micro and small enterprises in industrial clusters account for a large share of employment. This paper examines the roles of industrial clusters, managerial capacities, and entrepreneurship in improving productivity and creating jobs, by reviewing the literature and case studies, including recent experiments. We find that managerial capacities are major determinants of firms’ employment sizes and productivity growth, and that it is high innovative capacities, accompanied by high managerial capacities, that boost cluster-based industrial development. 2013-01-18T19:51:30Z 2013-01-18T19:51:30Z 2012-10 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12143 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic job creation
labor productivity
industrial cluster
management
Entrepreneurship
spellingShingle job creation
labor productivity
industrial cluster
management
Entrepreneurship
Sonobe, Tetsushi
Higuchi, Yuki
Otsuka, Keijiro
Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
geographic_facet Sub-Saharan Africa
relation Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013;
description Poor management has long been suspected as a major constraint on job creation in the manufacturing sector in low-income countries. In this sector, countless micro and small enterprises in industrial clusters account for a large share of employment. This paper examines the roles of industrial clusters, managerial capacities, and entrepreneurship in improving productivity and creating jobs, by reviewing the literature and case studies, including recent experiments. We find that managerial capacities are major determinants of firms’ employment sizes and productivity growth, and that it is high innovative capacities, accompanied by high managerial capacities, that boost cluster-based industrial development.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Sonobe, Tetsushi
Higuchi, Yuki
Otsuka, Keijiro
author_facet Sonobe, Tetsushi
Higuchi, Yuki
Otsuka, Keijiro
author_sort Sonobe, Tetsushi
title Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
title_short Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
title_full Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
title_fullStr Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
title_full_unstemmed Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
title_sort productivity growth and job creation in the development process of industrial clusters
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12143
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