Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing
Patterns of correlation in innovation and contractual practices among manufacturing firms in Ethiopia and Sudan are documented. Network data that indicate whether any two firms in the utilized sample do business with each other, buy inputs from a c...
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okr-10986-156062021-04-23T14:03:19Z Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing Fafchamps, Marcel Söderbom, Måns BUSINESSES CAPACITY BUILDING CLERKS CODES COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CORPORATIONS COVARIANCE MATRIX CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMAIL ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM SIZE FIRMS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF USAGE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING MATERIAL MICROENTERPRISES MISSING VALUES MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NETWORK DATA NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NICHE MARKETS OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUALITY MANAGEMENT R&D RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESULT RESULTS SPINOFF STORE SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TRAINING COURSE USES VALUE CHAIN WAGES WEB WEBSITE Patterns of correlation in innovation and contractual practices among manufacturing firms in Ethiopia and Sudan are documented. Network data that indicate whether any two firms in the utilized sample do business with each other, buy inputs from a common supplier, or sell output to a common client are used for the analysis. Only limited support is found for the commonly held idea that firms that are more proximate in a network sense are more likely to adopt similar practices. Indeed, for certain practices, adoption decisions appear to be local strategic substitutes: if one firm in a given location uses a certain practice, nearby firms are less likely to do so. These results suggest that the diffusion of technology and new business practices may play a more limited role in spurring growth in Africa's manufacturing sector than is often assumed in the present policy discussion. 2013-09-04T19:16:53Z 2013-09-04T19:16:53Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17797582/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15606 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6474 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia Somalia |
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BUSINESSES CAPACITY BUILDING CLERKS CODES COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CORPORATIONS COVARIANCE MATRIX CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMAIL ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM SIZE FIRMS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF USAGE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING MATERIAL MICROENTERPRISES MISSING VALUES MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NETWORK DATA NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NICHE MARKETS OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUALITY MANAGEMENT R&D RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESULT RESULTS SPINOFF STORE SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TRAINING COURSE USES VALUE CHAIN WAGES WEB WEBSITE |
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BUSINESSES CAPACITY BUILDING CLERKS CODES COMPANY COMPETITORS COMPONENTS CORPORATIONS COVARIANCE MATRIX CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMAIL ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM SIZE FIRMS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF USAGE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING MATERIAL MICROENTERPRISES MISSING VALUES MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NETWORK DATA NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NICHE MARKETS OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUALITY MANAGEMENT R&D RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESULT RESULTS SPINOFF STORE SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TRAINING COURSE USES VALUE CHAIN WAGES WEB WEBSITE Fafchamps, Marcel Söderbom, Måns Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
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Africa Ethiopia Somalia |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6474 |
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Patterns of correlation in innovation
and contractual practices among manufacturing firms in
Ethiopia and Sudan are documented. Network data that
indicate whether any two firms in the utilized sample do
business with each other, buy inputs from a common supplier,
or sell output to a common client are used for the analysis.
Only limited support is found for the commonly held idea
that firms that are more proximate in a network sense are
more likely to adopt similar practices. Indeed, for certain
practices, adoption decisions appear to be local strategic
substitutes: if one firm in a given location uses a certain
practice, nearby firms are less likely to do so. These
results suggest that the diffusion of technology and new
business practices may play a more limited role in spurring
growth in Africa's manufacturing sector than is often
assumed in the present policy discussion. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Fafchamps, Marcel Söderbom, Måns |
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Fafchamps, Marcel Söderbom, Måns |
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Fafchamps, Marcel |
| title |
Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
| title_short |
Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
| title_full |
Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
| title_fullStr |
Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
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Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
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network proximity and business practices in african manufacturing |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17797582/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15606 |
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