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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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Inter-firm technology transfer: Partnership-embedded licensing or standard licensing agreements?

Hagedoorn, John; Lorenz-Orlean, Stefanie; Kranenburg, Hans - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

When companies decide to engage in technology transfer through licensing to other firms, they have two basic options: to use standard licensing contracts or to set-up more elaborate partnership-embedded licensing agreements. We find that broader partnership-embedded licensing agreements are...

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The role of patent protection in (clean/green) technology transfer

Hall, Bronwyn; Helmers, Christian - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

innovation and international technology transfer in general. The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country … encourages technology transfer to that country but that its impact on innovation and development is much more ambiguous. We then … externalities, implies that IP may not be the ideal and cannot be the only policy instrument to encourage innovation in this area …

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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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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms

Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...

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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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