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Do firms learn by exporting or learn to export? Evidence from Senegalese manufacturing plant 企业是通过出口学习还是学会出口?来自塞内加尔制造工厂的证据

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2015/946-6

Cissé Fatou, Jihyeon Choi

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引用次数: 7

Understanding Digitalization in the African Context 理解非洲背景下的数字化

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/JAFRIDEVE.21.1.0001

Odularu, Adekunle

引用次数: 1

Predicting Household's Mobile Banking Saving Behavior in Western Kenya: An Algorithmic Approach 预测肯尼亚西部家庭的移动银行储蓄行为:一种算法方法

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/JAFRIDEVE.21.1.0041

Houenou, Djogbenou

引用次数: 2

The Nexus between Instagram and Digital Entrepreneurship Instagram和数字创业之间的联系

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/JAFRIDEVE.21.1.0014

Adekunle, Kajumba

引用次数: 1

A Systematic Review of Policy Enforcement as a Catalyst for Digitalizing Agriculture in West and East Africa 政策执行作为西非和东非农业数字化催化剂的系统回顾

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/JAFRIDEVE.21.1.0068

Tossou, Okou, Kpanou

引用次数: 2

Neoliberalism, Urbanization and Change in Africa 非洲的新自由主义、城市化和变化

The Journal of African Development Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4324/9781315565965-4

P. Carmody, Francis Owusu

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引用次数: 3