Similar Search Results

Corporate governance, innovative enterprise, and economic development

Lazonick, William - 2006

main problem is that the market-economy perspective cannot comprehend the process of innovation, including the role of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284552

The Danish model and the globalizing learning economy: Lessons for developing countries

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - 2009

innovation system, the learning economy and learning modes to analyse the evolution of the Danish model and what can be learnt …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273483

The Micro-Dynamics of Catch Up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing: An International Comparison of Plant-Level Performance

Szirmai, Adam; Van Dijk, Michiel - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

In this study we analyze the micro-dynamics of catch up in Indonesian paper manufacturing using a two-country plant-level data set for the period 1975-1997. The Indonesian paper industry is selected as a case-study because it experienced spectacular investment and growth. It became one of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150774

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

Malthus' Revenge

Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

knowledge re-use, adaptation and embedment in many emerging and developing countries involving efforts at local innovation, is … in many ways similar to, and reminiscent of the development of the many innovation policy tools in European countries and … regions. The first policy challenge, we refer to as "recherche sans frontières"; the second one as "innovation for local …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629996

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

Can Norway be a role model for natural resource abundant countries?

Cappelen, Ådne; Mjøset, Lars - 2009

During the 1950-70s Norway had relatively low GDP per capita compared to the OECD average and even more so compared to Denmark and Sweden. During the 1970s there was a significant catch-up in incomes and from the early 1990s a take-off in relative income. Norway is currently ranked among the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273453

Country role models for development success: The case of Costa Rica

Trejos, Alberto - 2009

In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273461

India's development strategy accidents, design and replicability

Singh, Nirvikar - 2009

This paper examines India's development strategy, and to what extent it may be considered a success. It provides a brief history of why and how the strategy was adopted, as well as of its implementation, including the role of initial conditions, such as human capital, geographical location, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273482

Post-apartheid South Africa: An economic success story?

Lundahl, Mats; Petersson, Lennart - 2009

The paper provides an evaluation of the development of the South African economy since the end of apartheid in 1994. Taking the 1993 situation as the point of departure, it gives an account of the path leading to the formulation of the major policy documents, and examines to what extent their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273497