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Innovation and microenterprises growth in Ethiopia
Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2009
foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises … training is found to have a strong effect on the innovation activity. However, firms owned by female and old entrepreneurs are … less likely to get involved in innovation. In an extended model of firm growth determinants that includes innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273438
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On India's plunge into Nanotechnology: What are good ways to catch-up?
Ramani, Shyama V.; Chowdhury, Nupur; Coronini, Roger; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
in the interests of economic growth or social welfare that India's science and innovation, and intellectual property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643540
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Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia
Gebreeyesus, Mulu - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises … training is found to have a strong effect on the innovation activity. However, firms owned by female and old entrepreneurs are … less likely to get involved in innovation. In an extended model of firm growth determinants that includes innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008630005
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273495
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Incubators as tools for entrepreneurship promotion in developing countries
Akçomak, İ. Semih - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on incubators in developed and developing countries. We show that the concept of incubators has evolved in time according to market and firm needs. Contemporary successful incubators are profit-oriented, provide a wide range of services, focus more on intangible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273450
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150789
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150798
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Global excellence at the expense of local relevance, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world
Barnard, Helena; Cowan, Robin; Muller, Moritz - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
Do world-leading researchers from developing countries contribute to upgrading locally, or do they disengage from the local context? The paper investigates the scientific collaborations of university-based science and technology researchers in the database of the South African National Research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693158
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Incubators as Tools for Entrepreneurship Promotion in Developing Countries
Akcomak, Semih - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on incubators in developed and developing countries. We show that the concept of incubators has evolved in time according to market and firm needs. Contemporary successful incubators are profit-oriented, provide a wide range of services, focus more on intangible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629989
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451582