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...
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2013/06/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS6474
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2013/06/01
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Disclosed
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Network proximity and business practices in African Manufacturing
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diffusion of innovation