Este estudio tiene como objetivo principal probar que el acceso al entorno económico internacional a nivel de empresa trae efectos sobre el sector manufacturero. Lo que se busca es validar la hipótesis de que el acceso al mercado internacional de una firma genera una mayor produ…
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1 Introduction and research overview “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin | English Naturalist and Geologist (1809 – 1882) The world is changing: Digital…
This study examined the concept of quality to improve the overall performance of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry in South Africa. The study focused on the issues faced by the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, due to t…
Site suitability analysis with geographical information system multi-criteria decision-making (GIS-MCDM) techniques forms a significant process in wind and solar energy exploration at the utility-scale level. The process unveils viable sites for exploration, however, few is know…
Given recent advancements in technology and recognizing the evolution of smart manufacturing, the implementation of digital twins for factories and processes is becoming more common and more useful. Additionally, expansion in connectivity, growth in data storage, and the impleme…
The manufacturing industry is often plagued with high volume of return of goods, and most organisations are saddled with the problem of what to do with the returns which has led to some of them disposing of them in landfills. Which in recent times, have been stated that the worl…
Predictive maintenance aims to minimize the downtime due to maintenance, while simultaneously minimizing the risk of unforeseen failures. Efforts in predictive maintenance have been focused on predicting the remaining useful life of a machine. There is need for a more comprehens…
Large, complex system development projects take several years to execute. Such projects involve hundreds of engineers who develop thousands of parts and millions of lines of code. During the course of a project, many design decisions often need to be changed due to the emergence…
In essay one, my primary objective is to see the sensitivity of foreign exchange rate risk on firm performance in US manufacturing industry and examine if the hedging help reduce the foreign exchange rate risk. I am particularly interested in manufacturing industry because of th…
This dissertation comprises three chapters which cover two main topics. The first chapter provides a study on the quality of life of cities in Senegal, and the last two chapters analyze the effects of the adoption of value-added taxation on manufacturing firms in Ethiopia. Rapid…
This dissertation argues for the existence of a highly commercialized and industrializing economy during the Umayyad period (661–750 C.E.), with unprecedented levels of trade and production localized in cities of Bilād al-Shām (Greater Syria). It also seeks to demonstrate that t…
This dissertation investigates the productive performance of the private manufacturing sector of Egypt, particularly within the context of economic reforms undertaken since the early 1990s. Beginning in 1991, the Egyptian government implemented reforms to achieve macroeconomic s…
This dissertation contains three essays on technology adoption from foreign direct investment and exporting. The empirical analysis is based on a panel dataset of Indonesian manufacturing establishments from 1988 to 1996. The first essay examines how the technology that accompan…
This study investigates the impact of anticipated and unanticipated changes in the growth rate of money supply on the value-added output of large, mid-size, and small firms. In this study we also investigate the role of knowledge and experience on the coefficients of anticipated…
Recently, there has been a lot of interest in the economics of quality control. One of the important issues in quality control is finding the optimal target value for a process under various inspection policies. Researchers have considered various aspects of this problem either …
A periodic review (S, T) inventory control model for slow-moving spare parts for a single-echelon inventory control system is developed and evaluated using real data from a large manufacturer. Although forecasting-based models are quite realistic for inventory control of fast-mo…
This research investigates working conditions in informal sector shoemaking in Indonesia and the Philippines, its gender dimensions, and national and international policy implications. Qualitative investigation techniques were applied: (i) 52 in-depth interviews, (ii) more than …
This dissertation is a study of manufacturing structure. It centers on two issues: the effect of increased economic openness on a developing country's manufacturing base, and the dynamic effects of trade on its performance. The focus of the thesis is Mexico between the years 196…
The transition from a command economy to a market economy has been a challenging and unprecedented task for post-communist countries. Contrary to the frequent debates surrounding the benefits and downfalls of Big Bang vs. Gradualism, this study maintains that the most fundamenta…