Gebreeyesus, Mulu
Researcher
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-MERIT
- OFFICE:
- Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands
- E-MAIL:
- Gebreeyesus@merit.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +31(0)43 388 4425
Research Interests
- and firm competitiveness
- International comparative studies of the relationship between technological capabilities and institutions
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Gothenburg
Biographical Statement
An Ethiopian national, Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus Gebreyohannes joined the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) on 1 June 2008. He was previously Research Fellow and Head of Poverty and Sectoral Development Directorate at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute.
Dr. Gebreeyesus’ research interest is on international comparative studies of the relationship between technological capabilities and institutions, and firm competitiveness. His current work addresses such issues as firm entry-exit, agglomeration, export participation, trade liberalization on firm productivity and growth using a large panel data set from Ethiopian manufacturing. He is also involved on studies of industrial policy and export oriented sectors such as garment, floriculture, and footwear in Ethiopia based on own field survey.
Some of his recent and ongoing research projects include:
- Analysis of effect of export participation and import liberalization on performance of the manufacturing sector in Ethiopia
- Analysis of the determinants of micro-enterprises growth in Ethiopia particularly the impact of innovativeness, human and financial capital
- The efficacy of export promotion in Ethiopia: floriculture, garment, and leather industries.
Dr. Gebreeyesus holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and remains a Research Associate at the Department.
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Articles
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu and Mohnen, Pierre (2013). Innovation Performance and Embeddedness in networks: Evidence from the Ethiopian Footwear Cluster. World Development, 302-316
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu and Sonobe, Tetsushi (2012). Global Value Chains and Market Formation Process in Emerging Export Activity: Evidence from Ethiopian Flower Industry. Journal of Development Studies (3), 335-348
Reports
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2014). A Natural Experiment of Industrial Policy : Floriculture and the Metal and Engineering Industries in Ethiopia. UNU-WIDER.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu and Siba, Eyerusalem (2014). Learning to Export and Learning by Exporting : the Case of Ethiopian Manufacturing. UNU-WIDER.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2013). Industrial Policy and Development in Ethiopia : Evolution and Present Experimentation. UNU-WIDER.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2013). The end of the multifibre arrangement (MFA) and the heterogeneous performance of quota-constrained countries. UNU-MERIT.
- Bigsten, Arne, Gebreeyesus, Mulu, Siba, Eyerusalem and Soderbom, Måns (2012). Enterprise Agglomeration, Output Prices, and Physical Productivity : Firm-Level Evidence from Ethiopia. UNU-WIDER.
- Iizuka, Michiko and Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2012). A systemic perspective in understanding the successful emergence of non-traditional exports: two cases from Africa and Latin America. UNU-MERIT.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu and Mohnen, Pierre (2011). Innovation performance and embeddedness in networks: evidence from the Ethiopian footwear cluster. UNU-MERIT.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu and Iizuka, Michiko (2010). Discovery of the flower industry in Ethiopia: experimentation and coordination. UNU-MERIT.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2009). Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia. UNU-MERIT.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2009). Inactions and Spikes of Investment in Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence on Irreversibility and Non-convexities. UNU-MERIT.
- Gebreeyesus, Mulu (2009). Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia. UNU-WIDER.