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The path towards charting industrial policy towards economic catch up increasingly recognizes the importance of a profound knowledge of firms, including their location, industry, and time specificities. Going beyond simple case studies, this pioneering book addresses these points.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Pakistan and Industrial Catch-Up
- 2: The Textiles and Clothing Industry of Pakistan
- 3: Capabilities, Industrial Upgrading, and Firm Performance
- 4: Methodology and Data
- 5: Technological, Organizational, and Management Capabilities
- 6: Drivers of Firm Performance
- 7: Embedding Ecosystem and Industrial Upgrading
- 8: Textiles, Clothing, and Late Industrialization
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Rajah Rasiah is Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Institute (Universiti Malaya). He obtained his doctorate in economics from Cambridge University (1992), and served as Rajawali fellow at Harvard University (2014). He held deanships at the Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS (1999-2000), and Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya (2009-2010; 2013-2014). His international awards include the Celso Furtado Prize for advancing the frontiers of Social Science thought (Economics) in 2015 and the Merdeka Prize for scholastic achievement in 2018. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Economics by the Malaysian government in 2017.
Nazia Nazeer is an Associate Professor of Economics at the FAST School of Management, NUCES, Karachi, Pakistan. She earned her PhD in Economics from the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, in 2019. Her specialization encompasses economics, technology, and innovation, with a research focus on the effects of technological advancements on economic growth and development, particularly in developing nations. Through her research work, she seeks to bridge theoretical insights with practical applications that promote economic progress.
