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Rough Road to Market: Institutional Barriers to Innovations in Africa

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

innovation framework. …

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When a good science base is not enough to create competitive industries: Lock-in and inertia in Russian systems of innovation

Narula, Rajneesh; Jormanainen, Irina - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

its innovation system and the interplay between the firm and the non-firm sector. We argue that, in any economy, when … generated a sub-optimal outcome. Market forces did not result in the western-style innovation system, but a hybrid one, with …-down" supply-driven allocation of resources and a reliance on external (but domestic) network of sources for innovation and capital …

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Effectiveness of R&D Tax Incentives in Small and Large Enterprises in Quebec

Baghana, Rufin; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

In this paper we evaluate the effectiveness of R&D tax incentives in Quebec, using manufacturing firm data from 1997 to 2003 originating from R&D surveys, annual surveys of manufactures and administrative data. The estimated price elasticity of R&D is -0.10 in the short run and -0.14 in the long...

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Nanotechnology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies

Huang, Can; Notten, Ad; Rasters, Nico - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

This paper provides a comprehensive review of more than 120 social science studies in nanoscience and technology, all of which analyze publication and patent data. We conduct a comparative analysis of bibliometric search strategies that these studies use to harvest publication and patent data...

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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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Internationalization and Technological Catching Up of Emerging Multinationals: A Case Study of China's Haier Group

Duysters, Geert; Jacob, Jojo; Lemmens, Charmianne; Hu, … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

In recent years, a number of firms from Asia and Latin America have been internationalizing their businesses to access new markets and to acquire new technology. This follows similar attempts only a few years earlier by leading firms from countries such as Korea and Taiwan. Much research has...

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Attracting and embedding R&D by multinational firms: policy recommendations for EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

of MNE R&D. Innovation can be undertaken in order to adapt its existing products and services to local stimuli. This is … 'demand-driven R&D'. Innovation can also be in stand-alone R&D facilities which are considerably more knowledgeintensive, and … tendency to focus on FDI flows is flawed, since knowledge exchanges and innovation are establishment level phenomena. An MNE …

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Russia's emerging multinationals: trends and issues

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

The paper focuses on the emergence of Russia's multinational companies. It aims to analyse their motives to internationalise as well as the approaches to internationalisation. While relevance of the theoretical perspectives is highlighted, the intention of the paper is to contribute to the...

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