Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing

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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Main Authors: Fafchamps, Marcel, Söderbom, Måns
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17797582/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15606

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17797582/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15606

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