Similar Search Results

Within-the-family education and its impact on equality

Nordblom, Katarina - EconWPA - 2001

This is a theoretical study of human-capital formation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125917

Motives for investment in human capital of children: evidence from Indonesian Family Life Survey Data

Raut, Lakshmi K.; Tran, Lien H. - EconWPA - 1998

Two alternative models of parental investments in children's human capital are considered and tested empirically using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS). The pure loan model and the reciprocity with two-sided altruism model yield different predictions about the effect of children's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408378

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Japanese agriculture

Kiminami, Akira (ed.) - Farm Management Society of Japan / Annual Conference <2015>; … - 2019

Development in Japanese Agriculture from the Perspective of European Experience -- Chapter 6 Issues on Innovation in Japanese Farm … Business -- Chapter 7. Innovation by Young Generations in Farm Households -- Chapter 8. Women’s Advancement of Agriculture and … rural Society: Considerations on the Innovations by Women in Agriculture -- Chapter 9. The Role of Open Innovation and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398820

VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...

Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005

The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126044

Invention under uncertainty and the threat of ex post entry

Miller, David A. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper proposes a theoretical framework for studying the invention of new products when demand is uncertain. In this framework, under general conditions, the threat of ex post entry by a competitor can deter invention ex ante. Asymmetric market power in the ex post market exacerbates the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134408

Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues

Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003

national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134465

Innovation height, spillovers and TFP growth at the firm level: Evidence from French manufacturing

Emmanuel, DUGUET - EconWPA - 2004

firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two different … innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property rights, and … innovation height matters. We also find evidence that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of the production …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407643

Innovation, Inequality and Intellectual Property Rights

Weinhold, Diana; Reichert, Usha Nair- - EconWPA - 2004

play a role in the contemporaneous evolution of innovation in a broad cross section of countries today. Our results …, while 'home grown' innovation is more sensitive to internal structural and institutional factors. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407698

Protéger les méthodes commerciales liées à Internet : un frein au développement ?

Delzelle, Benoit - EconWPA - 2003

La protection juridique des méthodes commerciales liées à Internet est très controversée. Est-il opportun de protéger des biens immatériels ou des idées ? N'est-ce pas menacer durablement le développement de la "nouvelle économie" ? N'est-ce pas brider l'activité inventive et...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407748

Micro Takes Over Macro

Gani, M - EconWPA - 2004

An analytical innovation enhances microeconomics, enabling it to answer all questions of macroeconomics. It combines …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412698