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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …
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Italian industrial districts: a model of success or a weak productive system?
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110158
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Italian industrial districts: a model of success or a weak productive system?
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257913
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Procuring Innovation
Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791875
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Technology in Growth
Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …
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Intangible training capital and productivity in Europe
O’Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper employs industry data, derived from linking the EU LFS to productivity accounts from EU KLEMS, to examine workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible investments by firms and cumulated to stocks so their...
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Human Capital Investment through Education and Training: an Overview
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We present in this paper the real importance and very contemporary human capital investment. Through a quantitative analysis, we present the level of human capital accumulation that countries are able to achieve. We also examine the significant part occupied by educational expenditure in the...
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A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development
Schwalje, Wes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The movement of many countries towards knowledge-based economic development requires the transition to more effective … advancement towards knowledge-based economic development. There is currently no accepted general framework to analyze national … context of knowledge-based economic development and achievement of accompanying economic, political, and social objectives. …
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Training and Unions
Booth, Alison L; Chatterji, Monojit - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper examines the optimal level of training investment when trained workers are mobile, wage contracts are time-consistent, and training comprises both specific and general skills. It is shown that, in the absence of a social planner, the firm has ex-post monopsonistic power that drives...
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Why do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper offers and tests a theory of training whereby workers do not pay for general training they receive. The crucial ingredient in our model is that the current employer has superior information about the worker’s ability relative to other firms. This informational advantage gives the...
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