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Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana
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Despite the high profile of the issue in current policy formulations in low-income countries (LICs), there is little large firm level survey based empirical evidence on innovativeness and firm performance, especially in informal establishments. This paper aims to fill this gap in the literature using a revised Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse (CDM) structural model to analyse data from a unique innovation survey of 501 manufacturing firms in Ghana. We find that innovation positively impacts the labour ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 755.8KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009
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- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change Journal website
- Volume:
- 131
- Pages:
- 315-325
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-05
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0040-1625
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728883
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- Elsevier Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009
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