We use a sample of Italian manufacturing firms to study the relationship between productivity (proxied by Total Factor Productivity) and the intensity of firm participation in heterogeneous foreign markets (proxied by the ratio of exports to total sales, i.e., export intensity). We find that firm productivity is strongly negatively correlated with export intensity to low-income countries and un...

Article history: Received 30 September 2010 Received in revised form 18 September 2011 Accepted 18 September 2011 Available online 24 September 2011 This paper presents a few stylized facts on the patterns of China's industrialization by computing a set of multi-dimensional measures on industrial concentration, regional specialization, and clustering based on census data at the firm level in 19...

Urban planning is a very important issue to guarantee the sustainable development of modern towns. Many aspects must be considered and one of the most important is the population growth. Having a correct control of this phenomenon it is possible to focus the efforts, resources and investments in the right direction. To anticipate the facts and as a consequence predict the advantages and problem...

Analog and Mixed-Signal BIST is alive, well, and here now. It works and it saves time and money. There are people and interests ho would like you to believe otherwise. w Position: It is true that there have been a great number of different research efforts into the area of Analog and Mixed Signal BIST. And most efforts appear to be very insular – they are the efforts of a single entity. Seldom ...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer diagnosed in North America with similar trends in many Western countries. Geographic, epidemiological and laboratory studies suggest a role for dietary constituents in the etiology as well as prevention of PCa. The rising incidence of PCa in several countries appears to be coincidental with adoption of western lifestyle. Increase in ...

An overview is presented of the educational opportunities that exist for dentists in Canada and in the five Nordic countries who wish to learn how to implement implant dentistry in clinical practice. This theme is discussed in the context of the demographic and educational realities in these countries. Data related to dental demographics, implant dentistry educational aspects, advertisement of ...

Data mining was used to investigate two facts: that African Americans represent 15% of the population but 38% of patients needing treatment in a hospital emergency room for shortness of breath and that African Americans have extremely high rates of lung cancer while reporting lower rates of cigarette smoke and exposure to toxic chemicals. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) containing location...

When facing local environmental issues, maps are a very effective tool. They can help in collecting facts about an area, bring issues to the table, allow for comparison between areas, act as a tool of communication with local decision makers, and identify key issues for action. While the maps on their own do not alter the power relationships within which communities live their lives, many studi...