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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes

Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

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Developing and harnessing software technology in the South: The roles of China, India, Brazil and South Africa

Ojo, Adegboyega; Janowski, Tomasz; Basanya, Rilwan; … - 2008

Software technology is gaining prominence in national information technology (IT) strategies due to its huge potential for socioeconomic development, particularly through the support it provides in the productive sectors of the economy, delivery of public services and engagement of citizens. In...

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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

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Comparing Chinese and the Indian Software MNCs: Domestic and Export Market Strategies and Their Interplay

Niosi, Jorge; Tschang, F. Ted - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

the MNC. At the same time, the innovation systems perspective is necessary to explain the foundations of the industry. The …

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Approach for Analysing Capabilities in Latecomer Software Companies

Rousseva, Rossitza - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

Software development activities have been identified as a 'window of opportunity' for latecomer companies. Notwithstanding the growth of software development activities in the latecomers, there are single exceptional cases of companies that have successfully launched their own products in global...

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The Global Challenges of the Knowledge Economy: China and the EU

Huang, Can; Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

This paper addresses some of the challenges confronting the European Union and China as they build their knowledge economies, and their on-going and possible future actions to address such challenges. Fifty years after the creation of what became the European Union, we argue that there is an...

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Technological Capabilities with Different Degree of Coherence: A Comparative Study of Domestic-Oriented vs. Export-Driven Bulgarian Software Companies

Rousseva, Rossitza - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

The paper makes an attempt to examine systematically the capabilities for software production in a latecomer context and to propose an approach for analysing the technological capabilities (TC) in a latecomer software industry. Taking the analysis one step further than identifying capabilities,...

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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …

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