Infrastructure quality and firm productivity in Africa, Edward Bbaale
Edward Bbaale School of Economics Makerere University, Kampala Uganda Email: eddybbaale@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-11-2017-0091 Purpose: The World Bank (2017) ranks poor infrastructure, particularly electricity, as the second topmost obstacle (after access to finance) affecting enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of infrastructure quality on firm productivity in Africa. […]
Measuring regional competitiveness through agricultural indices of productivity: The Peruvian case, Francisco Coronado, Vincent Charles and Prof. Rocky Dwyer
Francisco Coronado, Vincent Charles, Prof. Rocky J. Dwyer CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School, PUCP, Lima Peru Email: fcoronadod@pucp.pe DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-06-2016-0031 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to incorporate factors that characterize the agricultural activity as productivity indices to compute the agricultural competitiveness of regions in order to rank the regions, and compare the results with those obtained by […]
Estimating the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and particulate matter (PM) from diesel construction equipment by using the productivity model, Apif Hajji
Apif M. Hajji Civil Engineering Department Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang Indonesia DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-04-2013-0019 Purpose: This paper aims to present a synergistic approach that combines both construction and environmental expertise to lay the groundwork for a model that can be used to estimate the productivity rate and emissions from construction equipment activities. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed estimating tool […]
Evaluation relationship between openness and total factor productivity (TEP) in select developing countries, Azizallah Frhadi, Alireza Bastani and Ahamd Salahmanesh
AZIZALLAH FARHADI PRESIDENCY OFFICE, IRAN ALIREZA BASTANI COMMERCIAL MINISTRY, IRAN AHAMD SALAHMANESH COMMERCIAL OFFICE, IRAN Today’s globalization has different dimensions such as the economy. In general classification, one of the most important tools of globalization is expansion and growth of international trade. Obviously, any increase in the volume of trade may cause considerable improvements in […]