Business Groups and the Big Push: Meiji Japan's Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth [PDF]
Rosenstein-Rodan (1943) and others posit that rapid development requires a 'big push' -- the coordinated rapid growth of diverse complementary industries, and suggests a role for government in providing such coordination.
Masao Nakamura, Randall Morck
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Employment impacts of defense expenditures and obligations [PDF]
Models for determination of defense expenditures impact on employment ...
Greenberg, E.
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The ISCIP Analyst, Volume XIV, Issue 5 [PDF]
, 2007 This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Adami, Fabian +8 more
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations [PDF]
Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to implement ...
Oliver Falck +2 more
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New structural approach for determining load carrying capability of filament wound composite materials [PDF]
, 1970 Metal lined boron and graphite composites exhibit high strength and minimum weight, making them superior to aluminum cylindrical shell structures and to steel or aluminum constructed pressure vessels.
Armstrong, W. H., Yang, P. B.
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The impacts of COVID-19 on the cruise industry based on an empirical study in China. [PDF]
Mar Policy, 2023 Zhou J, Chen SP, Shi WW, Kanrak M, Ge J.
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Pedagogical Orientations and Evolving Responsibilities of Technological Universities: A Literature Review of the History of Engineering Education. [PDF]
Sci Eng Ethics, 2023 Martin DA +4 more
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Selection and Firm Survival: Evidence from the Shipbuilding Industry, 1825-1914 [PDF]
Several theories of firm performance can explain the well-known observation that survival is positively related to age. However, a more mundane explanation – selection bias driven by variations in firm quality – may also underlie the phenomenon.
Peter Thompson
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Dynamic capabilities of maritime infrastructure: conceptual design of merchant vessels with usability in crisis. [PDF]
J Mar Sci Technol, 2023 Hirayama S +4 more
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The Iron and Steel Shipbuilding Data Set, 1825-1914: Sources, Coverage, and Coding Decisions [PDF]
This article is a supporting document to my paper “Selection and Firm Survival. Evidence from the Shipbuilding Industry, 1825-1914”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1):26-36, February 2005. The article provides a basic description of data sources,
Peter Thompson
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