It is now widely agreed that learning is pivotal in the "knowledge societies" of today and, still more, of tomorrow. It … conference. The volume addresses issues of curriculum, innovation and the achievement of lifelong learning in the schools of …

This conference proceedings from the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), held in Paris, on 15 … innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges. The conference considered developments in institutional … frameworks, public and private roles and partnerships, regulatory frameworks conducive to innovation, the adoption of innovations …

that address both emerging issues in teaching and learning – including new themes of equity and diversity and innovation …

We develop a dynamic duopoly model of R&D competition to improve the quality of a finalgood. The innovation process is … other hand, depends onthe relative magnitudes of the costs of initial innovation and improvements. In particular, aresearch …

In this paper we examine the relation between geographic location and innovative behavior.Knowledge spillins, as … opposed to knowledge spillovers, are modeled as an externality which existsbetween geographically close economic agents and …

innovation. Yet, firms do patent, as indicated by the largenumber of patents that are granted. This paper offers a possible … resolution to this puzzle.It takes a simplified version of a duopoly innovation race, and studies the patenting decisionof an … innovator who has private information about the improvability of her innovation.In this setting, it is shown that a firm may use …