Human Capital and MultifacetedInnovation: Evidence from the Lahore Knitwear Cluster in Pakistan

Fahd Rehman ()
Additional contact information
Fahd Rehman: Doctoral Candidate, School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.

Lahore Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 17, issue 2, 63-86

Abstract: Clusters have the potential to grow, but their potential in Pakistan is rarely analyzed and examined. This study examines the knitwear cluster of Lahore in general and the performance of enterprises in particular. Most of the literature on clusters in Pakistan has not looked at the characteristics of the individual enterprises that play a pivotal role in cluster development. Using primary data collected from 59 finished-knitwear producers in Lahore, this study assesses the role of human capital in acquiring multifaceted innovations. We find that general human capital acquired by schooling and specific human capital acquired through operational experience is associated with the size of the enterprise. Additionally, specific human capital acquired through operational and marketing experience is strongly correlated with improved marketing channels.

Keywords: Clusters; human capital; schooling; multifaceted; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://121.52.153.179/JOURNAL/LJE%20Vol%2017-2%20F ... 12/03%20Fahad%20.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lje:journl:v:17:y:2012:i:2:p:63-86

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Lahore Journal of Economics from Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Shahid Salahuddin ().