Formal-Informal Supply Chain Linkages and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
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JEL classification:
- J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2025-02-24 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-DEV-2025-02-24 (Development)
- NEP-EFF-2025-02-24 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENT-2025-02-24 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-IUE-2025-02-24 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-KNM-2025-02-24 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-LMA-2025-02-24 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-SBM-2025-02-24 (Small Business Management)
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