[PDF] Determinants Of Export Performance Of Manufacturing Firms In Tanzania eBook

Author : Neil Rankin
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Release : 2010
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The poor performance of many African economies has been associated with low growth of exports in general and of manufacturing exports in particular. In this paper, we draw on micro-evidence of manufacturing firms in five African countries, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and Nigeria, to investigate the causes of poor exporting performance. We exploit a data set which has a much longer panel dimension than that has been used before to assess the relative importance of self-selection based on efficiency and firm size as determinants of export participation. We show that firm size is a robust determinant of the decision to export. It is not a proxy for efficiency, for capital intensity, for sector or for time-invariant unobservables. In contrast, the evidence for self-selection into exporting is very weak. Finally, our use of a longer run panel than that has been available before has allowed us to separate out the roles of ownership and skills as possible determinants of participation in exporting. We find that both foreign ownership and skills are significant determinants of exporting.

Author : MUGISHA. RWEYEMAMU
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
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File Size : 18,72 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
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ISBN : 9783659000256

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A developed industrial sector is necessary and sufficient condition for any economy to develop. For most cases the industrial sector do diversify the economy as the primary sector is always agriculture. Even though agriculture could be the primary sector, the permanent economic growth and economic development has its roots in industrial sector. This is mainly because apart from its prices being relatively stable, the production can go throughout the year as it does not mostly depend on changes in weather condition as agricultural produce do. So whether we like or not the way forward towards permanent economic development is to develop the industrial sector. Efforts should be made by any means to make sure that non industrialized countries get into full swing of industrialization process as the way towards economic redemption. This has to go hand in hand with taking advantage of globalization to develop the efficient labor intensive technology for countries which are labor endowed like Tanzania.

Author : Vedastus Timothy
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Release : 2015
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This paper examines the ways in which globalisation impacts the performance of small food manufacturing firms in Tanzania. The analysis is based on 49 firms that were involved in the 2006 World Bank's Manufacturing Enterprises Survey. The analysis employed correlation and regression methods. Correlation analysis was used to test the relationship between the degree of globalisation and the performance of the small food manufacturing firms. Regression analysis was employed to examine to impact of globalisation on performance of the small food manufacturing firms. The results show that, proxies for globalisation such as access to imported inputs and the ability to export have significant positive impact on the performance of small food manufacturing firms. These findings imply that, to be successful, policies that focus on assisting small food manufacturing firms must include components that assist firms to access both global resources and markets. This paper should be considered as stepping stone for further research, especially on investigation of how, apart from markets and resources, small food manufacturing firms can benefit from globalisation.