"Learning by Dining" : Informal Networks and Productivity in Mexican Industry

"Learning by Dining" : Informal Networks and Productivity in Mexican Industry

The authors analyze the determinants of firm productivity in a group of Mexican firms. In particular, they test the contribution of external factors such as trade and knowledge diffusion, the availability of infrastructure, informal knowledge excha...

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Main Authors: Lall, Somik V., Ghosh, Sudeshna
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
FIRMS
PRODUCTIVITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFORMAL ORGANIZATIONS
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
COMPETITIVENESS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
BUSINESS NETWORKS
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS
INFORMAL MEETINGS
LEARNING
INFLUENCE (PSYCHOLOGY)
INFORMATION ANALYSIS AGRICULTURE
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
CITIES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
CONSUMER PURCHASING
DECISION-MAKING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FISCAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH THEORY
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORTS
INCREASING RETURNS
INNOVATIONS
KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS
LABOR INPUTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEGISLATION
MARKET COMPETITION
MONOPOLY RENTS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE CONTROLS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION INPUTS
PURCHASING POWER
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RENT SEEKING
SUNK COSTS
TAXATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICIANS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
URBANIZATION
WAGES
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1717450/learning-dining-informal-networks-productivity-mexican-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15612

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1717450/learning-dining-informal-networks-productivity-mexican-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15612

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