Paul D Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 165053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul D Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul D |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS P D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Impact of Knowledge on the Survival of American Manufacturing Plants
Recently, a new economic theory of growth (Romer 1986, 1990) that emphasizes the importance of knowledge has been proposed. We extend this argument to manufacturing plants by developing and testing a theory of how investments in knowledge, as expressed in human capital and production technology, affect plant survival. Based on an event-history analyses of 97 manufacturing plants during the period from 1973 to 1987, we show that internal investmen…
Strategic planning for state enterprise performance in Africa
This article presents methodologies to assist government officials in various African countries who have to deal with ill‐defined policy problems arising out of perceived performance shortcomings on the part of state enterprises. It reviews the historical role and record of state enterprise in African economies, the assumptions and major arguments of the ‘privatization option’ and the major forms in which the latter may be carried out. In a situa…
The management and administration of parastatal organizations for the promotion of indigenous enterprise
Among the various functional types of public corporation and statutory authority, those concerned with the regulation and provision of economic opportunities and social amenities constitute one of the most interesting developments in West Africa's parastatal sector today. Taking as a case study the recent initiatives of the Ghana Government ta promote indigenous enterprise (which have had an important demonstration effect on neighbouring Nigeria)…
Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania
In the belief that intensive study of selected local areas is an important development in scholarship on Africa, the author presents a micropolitical study of an important region of one of East Africa's Rew nations. Sukumaland, an area of Tanzania which contains one tenth of the country's population and its largest tribe, was chosen for the study. Before independence it exhibited the most organized nationalist political activity of any part of th…
Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania
In the belief that intensive study of selected local areas is an important development in scholarship on Africa, the author presents a micropolitical study of an important region of one of East Africa's Rew nations. Sukumaland, an area of Tanzania which contains one tenth of the country's population and its largest tribe, was chosen for the study. Before independence it exhibited the most organized nationalist political activity of any part of th…
The management and administration of parastatal organizations for the promotion of indigenous enterprise
Among the various functional types of public corporation and statutory authority, those concerned with the regulation and provision of economic opportunities and social amenities constitute one of the most interesting developments in West Africa's parastatal sector today. Taking as a case study the recent initiatives of the Ghana Government ta promote indigenous enterprise (which have had an important demonstration effect on neighbouring Nigeria)…
The Impact of Knowledge on the Survival of American Manufacturing Plants
Recently, a new economic theory of growth (Romer 1986, 1990) that emphasizes the importance of knowledge has been proposed. We extend this argument to manufacturing plants by developing and testing a theory of how investments in knowledge, as expressed in human capital and production technology, affect plant survival. Based on an event-history analyses of 97 manufacturing plants during the period from 1973 to 1987, we show that internal investmen…
Strategic planning for state enterprise performance in Africa
This article presents methodologies to assist government officials in various African countries who have to deal with ill‐defined policy problems arising out of perceived performance shortcomings on the part of state enterprises. It reviews the historical role and record of state enterprise in African economies, the assumptions and major arguments of the ‘privatization option’ and the major forms in which the latter may be carried out. In a situa…
Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania
In the belief that intensive study of selected local areas is an important development in scholarship on Africa, the author presents a micropolitical study of an important region of one of East Africa's Rew nations. Sukumaland, an area of Tanzania which contains one tenth of the country's population and its largest tribe, was chosen for the study. Before independence it exhibited the most organized nationalist political activity of any part of th…
The management and administration of parastatal organizations for the promotion of indigenous enterprise
Among the various functional types of public corporation and statutory authority, those concerned with the regulation and provision of economic opportunities and social amenities constitute one of the most interesting developments in West Africa's parastatal sector today. Taking as a case study the recent initiatives of the Ghana Government ta promote indigenous enterprise (which have had an important demonstration effect on neighbouring Nigeria)…
Strategic planning for state enterprise performance in Africa
This article presents methodologies to assist government officials in various African countries who have to deal with ill‐defined policy problems arising out of perceived performance shortcomings on the part of state enterprises. It reviews the historical role and record of state enterprise in African economies, the assumptions and major arguments of the ‘privatization option’ and the major forms in which the latter may be carried out. In a situa…
The Impact of Knowledge on the Survival of American Manufacturing Plants
Recently, a new economic theory of growth (Romer 1986, 1990) that emphasizes the importance of knowledge has been proposed. We extend this argument to manufacturing plants by developing and testing a theory of how investments in knowledge, as expressed in human capital and production technology, affect plant survival. Based on an event-history analyses of 97 manufacturing plants during the period from 1973 to 1987, we show that internal investmen…
Business (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)