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Hay que cambiar el modelo clásico de la innovación.
Romelaer, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370238
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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419527
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Highly skilled temporary return, technological change and Innovation: The Case of the TRQN Project in Afghanistan
Kuschminder, Katie; Siegel, Melissa - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
capacity building in the origin country through knowledge transfer, innovation and technological change. The paper specifically … examines the needs, expectations and delivery of knowledge through the TRQN project in Afghanistan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712238
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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118578
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Education, training and skill development policies in Arab Gulf countries: Macro-micro overview
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
to improve skill upgrading through enhancing educational system, provision of training, transfer of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774746
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A renaissance for social mobility and its significance for the bridge towards postsecondary education
Ritzen, Jo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
Inequality in earned wages is in our western society on the increase. Social mobility is on the decrease. The contribution of education to equality of opportunity is decreasing, because education adapts more slowly to the increasing complexities of our societies than the home and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712018
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Education, training and skill development policies in Sudan: Macro-micro overview
Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
enhancing the educational system, provision of training and transfer of knowledge. Different from the Sudanese literature, an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712096
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The impact of malnutrition and post traumatic stress disorder on the performance of working memory in children
De Neubourg, Elise; De Neubourg, Chris - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Malnutrition is accepted to have a negative impact on the school performance of children and adolescents. Malnutrition also has a negative impact on cognitive development and a potentially lasting effect on (some) cognitive functions. This paper focuses on the effects of malnutrition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712207
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Development and social justice: Education, training and health in Sudan
Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This paper discusses the importance of sound policies for achieving social development and social justice in provision of education, training and health services in Sudan. Different from Sudanese literature, we provide new contributions by explaining the low commitment to the standardized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712268
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Sweden’s School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students’ and schools’ locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818364