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Building a better rat trap: technological innovation, human capital and the Irula

Terjesen, Siri - 2007

the World Bank which provided the funding necessary to commercialize the new technology. The venture's implementation … commercialize technology for the rural poor and the positive impact on this greatly disadvantaged population. …

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The role of country-of-origin characteristics for foreign direct investment and technical cooperation in post-reform India

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - 2011

The decisions of foreign investors on technical cooperation versus equity engagements and on the degree of ownership in FDI projects are likely to depend on their relative bargaining position vis-à-vis the host country. India provides an interesting case for analyzing the interplay between...

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Boundary concepts for interdisciplinary analysis of irrigation water management in South Asia

Mollinga, Peter P. - 2010

the social construction of technology, the notions of landesque capital and (the valuation of) ecosystem goods and …

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Does internal and external research and development affect innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from India and Pakistan

Ur Rehman, Naqeeb - 2016

This study investigates the impact of internal and external research and development (R&D) on the innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and 696 Pakistani SMEs from the World Bank's Enterprise...

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Is the World Flat?

Incaltarau, Cristian; Donici, Gabriel-Andrei - In: CES Working Papers 2 (2010) 2, pp. 29-36

Globalization became more and more prominent during the last decades. There is no way to argue that globalization led to more interconnected economies, facilitating the communication and the collaboration around the world. But where is this going? Doesglobalization mean uniformity or diversity?...

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Honey bee network in Africa co-creating a grassroots innovation ecosystem in Africa

Gupta, Anil K.; Shinde, Chintan; Dey, Anamika; Patel, Ramesh - 2019

Network has been involved in the sharing of grassroots technology developed in India with Kenya, notably a food processing … of the dynamism of the informal sector. Lessons from the Network’s experience in Kenya and its technology transfer …

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Productivity, welfare and reallocation: theory and firm-level evidence

Basu, Susanto; Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; … - 2009

where it does not properly measure technology) and makes it possible to calculate the contributions of disaggregated units …-level (EU-KLEMS) and firm-level (Amadeus) data. After adding further assumptions about technology and market structure (firms …

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What drives internationalization of new ventures? Evidence from India

Arafat, Mohd Yasir; Khan, Ahmed Musa; Ansari, Mohd Shamim; … - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11

internationalization is still a matter of research. This study is measuring the influence of education, age, technology, fear of failure … through logistic regression. The technology, fear of failure, and competition have a significantly positive influence on new … venture internationalization. This is one of the inceptive studies to measure the impact of education, age, technology, fear …

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India's development cooperation in Africa: The case of "Solar Mamas" who bring light

Vaidyanathan, Veda - 2023

This paper examines multiple facets of New Delhi's development cooperation with countries in Africa and argues that grassroots organizations in India that find innovative, low-cost technological solutions to developmental challenges can help governments and multilateral agencies craft inclusive,...

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Economic Growth and Human Development

Ramirez, Alejandro; Ranis, Gustav; Stewart, Frances - 1997

This paper explores the links between economic growth and human development, identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, the other, from human development to economic growth. The importance of various links in each chain are explored empirically with the help of...

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