Firm size matters: Growth and productivity growth in African manufacturing

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 545-583

  Van Biesebroeck, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144373442     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426407     Document Type: Article

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