The authors study the growth rates of 4-digit sectors in U.S. manufacturing. Two measures of size (value of shipments, value added) are considered, for each of the 38 years (1959-1996) of a sample of 458 4-digit sectors, drawn from the NBER Manufacturing Productivity database.
This paper studies the persistence of innovation and the dynamics of innovation output in Dutch manufacturing using firm data from three waves of the Community Innovation Surveys, pertaining to the periods 1994-1996, 1996-1998, and 1998-2000.
The paper investigates different implications of theoretical models for hierarchical structure. A sample of 6567 firms in the Brazilian manufacturing industry is considered and explanatory factors pertaining structural characteristics, network technology, technological innovations, managerial innovations and incentive mechanisms are investigated.
This study focuses on industrial concentration and regional specialization in Finland in the late 1990s. Results show increasing specialization and at least for some industries in-creased geographical concentration. Thus, there was no single process driving all industries in the same direction.
This paper builds a model of growth through industrialization, as machines replace workers in a growing number of tasks. The model shows that industrialization and growth take off only if the economy is productive enough. It also shows that monopoly power can stifle growth, as it lowers wages.
According to the register, there were 12,532 companies considered as having manufacturing operations in the state on Dec. 31. The state lost 3,355 manufacturing jobs during 2005 to 696,362 on Dec. 31, the regiser indicates.
While the emphasis on services rather than manufacturing has been widely noted, within manufacturing India has emphasized skill-intensive rather than labor-intensive manufacturing, and industries with typically higher average scale, according to the authors. They show that some of these distinctive patterns existed even prior to the beginning of economic reforms in the 1980s, and argue they stem from the idiosyncratic policies adopted soon after Indias independence.
The report, written primarily for policymakers who may not appreciate the contributions and challenges faced by small and medium manufacturers (SMM) in their own states, reveals two important trends in SMMs. The report also identifies 15 best practices that are followed by successful SMMs.
This Economic Commentary focuses on the extent to which strong productivity growth in detailed manufacturing industries is associated with weak employment growth, and thus with generally weaker employment growth compared to the service sector.
The authors test for the presence of externalities in UK manufacturing industry, seeking to identify the channels through which they operate. Using survey data on average variable cost available by industry, they estimate a translog cost function, storing the coefficients on time dummies for a second stage regression in which measures of external activity are entered to capture omitted spillover effects.