
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the production of goods through the use of labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products (such as aircraft, household appliances, furniture, sports equipment or automobiles), or distributed via the …
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IMF: International Monetary Fund · 26 May 2023 English
Recent literature has shown that corporate indebtedness affects firm-level investment behavior but not necessarily aggregate business cycles. I argue that interactions among heterogeneous firms play an important role in equilibrium. …
Dunne (1998). “Capital Adjustment Patterns in Manufacturing Plants”. Review of Economic Dynamics 1.2, pp …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 26 May 2023 English
Task Force 6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda 1. The Challenge Biodiversity loss is one of the most complex environmental challenges that the global community needs …
development. ii. Regulate selection of sites for manufacturing and infrastructure development To incentivise … regulating the selection of sites for manufacturing and infrastructure development more strictly … approach to using the HCV method to regulate manufacturing site selection is needed.21 HCV, being based … economic development, leverages advanced manufacturing technologies, mobilises sustainable finance …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 26 May 2023 English
This paper examines the impact of Dollar exchange rate volatility on firm productivity in Emerging Markets economies (EMs). Using firm level data covering 16 EMs over the period 1998 -2019, …
on the sub-sample of firms operating in the manufacturing sector which may me more suited for a production … Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity – Only Manufacturing Firms Note: This Figure shows results from … Exchange Rate Volatility and Investment – Only Manufacturing Firms Note: This Figure shows results from …
Heritage Foundation · 26 May 2023 English
Towards that goal, The Heritage Foundation and Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute recently convened a group of experts for The DOD and congressional oversight multi-day discussions and examination …
systems. Using simplified designs, build-to-print manufacturing, and modularization can allow for more new entrants …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 26 May 2023 English
This annual report of the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) for the year 2022 provides a comprehensive account of European Parliament activity in promoting …
between Member States and difficulties in manufacturing and accessing medicines, to EU research fragmentation …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 26 May 2023 English
This report assesses the current ecosystem for tech startups in the Philippines, focusing on four sectors: climate change, education, agriculture, and health.Technology-based startup enterprises are an increasingly important part of …
aquaculture, transportation and urban science, smart manufacturing, health care, and resilience technology (DTI …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 25 May 2023 English
Task Force 5: Purpose & Performance: Reassessing the Global Financial Order 1. The Challenge Well before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, levels of debt (both public and private) …
consequent slump in their exports, particularly manufacturing exports, is almost inevitable.20 This could …
HFG: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation · 25 May 2023 English
The twenty-five-year epidemic of opioid misuse in the United States has taken at least 750,000 lives through overdose. We undertook to learn whether this toll might have been accompanied by …
measure of blue-collar workers employed in manufacturing, produc- tion, and mining occupations. Alcohol-related …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 25 May 2023 English
The Quad countries recently met on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Japan. This commentary evaluates their achievements with respect to global health security since the first in-person Quad …
Partnership was announced in March 2021 to expand the manufacturing of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. The … and the United States would fund research and manufacturing, and Australia would help in the last mile with … create a vaccine partnership to ramp up the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines seems like a reaction to … its efforts from manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines to increasing vaccine manufacturing capacities across … Carnegie Is India “Ready” for Semiconductor Manufacturing? Konark Bhandari What is DPI? The Need for a …