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Fostering Innovation in Chile
Benavente, José-Miguel; Mello, Luiz de; Mulder, Nanno - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
A good framework for investment in innovation can contribute to increasing Chile’s growth potential. Spending on R&D is … depend largely on the extent to which they will boost business-financed innovation consistent with Chile’s comparative … advantages. This Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Chile (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/chile).<P>Encourager l …
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Fostering Innovation in Chile
Benavente, José-Miguel - 2005
A good framework for investment in innovation can contribute to increasing Chile’s growth potential. Spending on R&D is … depend largely on the extent to which they will boost business-financed innovation consistent with Chile’s comparative … advantages. This Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Chile (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/chile). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446581
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The impacts of structural transformation and industrial upgrading on regional inequality in China
Cheong, Tsun Se; Wu, Yanrui - In: China Economic Review 31 (2014) C, pp. 339-350
manufacturing sector toward high value-added products. However, regional inequality in China has increased considerably behind the … transformation and industrial upgrading on regional inequality. This paper contributes to the literature by employing a database … evolution of regional inequality. In addition, the contributions of the major industries to inequality in industrialization are …
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ICT in developing countries: Are language barriers relevant? Evidence from Paraguay
Grazzi, Matteo; Vergara, Sebastián - In: Information Economics and Policy 24 (2012) 2, pp. 161-171
empirical results show that the ICT diffusion process is highly heterogeneous, reflecting pre-existing inequalities in other … the ICT diffusion in the country. This situation illustrates the cultural barriers that developing countries may face in … using ICT. …
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Action Research and Participatory Research: An Overview
Thiollent, Michel - In: International Journal of Action Research 7 (2011) 2, pp. 160-174
constantly be renewed in order to evolve and always be a rich source of knowledge and critical thinking. …
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La violencia en Latinoamérica y sus efectos sobre la inversión y la educación/Violence in Latin America and its Effects in Investment an Education
OSPINA PLAZA, NATALIA; GIMÉNEZ ESTEBAN, GREGORIO - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 27 (2009) Diciembre, pp. 781-781
La región de América Latina se caracteriza por tener las tasas más elevadas de violencia criminal. La elevada violencia, además de traducirse en graves consecuencias sociales, conlleva efectos económicos trascendentales. El presente trabajo trata de profundizar en estos efectos. El mismo...
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REVISITING THE EXPORT-OUTPUT NEXUS FOR WESTERN AFRICA COUNTRIES: A MARKOV SWITCHING CAUSALITY APPROACH
AKA, Bédia F. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 8 (2008) 1, pp. 155-166
This paper examines the empirical relationships between exports growth and economic performance for western Africa countries using a non-linear Markov Switching VAR model in contrast with previous linear time series studies. We could not find causality from exports to GDP and vice versa in...
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THE SAVING-INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIPS: A MARKOV SWITCHING CAUSALITY ANALYSIS OF COTE D´IVOIRE AND GHANA
AKA, Bedia F. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 7 (2007) 2, pp. 155-162
This paper investigates the empirical saving-investment relationships for Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana over the period 1960–1998, using a Markov Switching VAR model. We find regime-dependent causality from saving to investment in Côte d’Ivoire but not in Ghana. In terms of Feldstein and...
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The Development of Economic Knowledge in the Era of Modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Application
Barbara, Siuta-Tokarska - In: Organization and Management 2010 (2010) 1 (139), pp. 213-226
The paper presents selected views and economic theories considering the influence of up-to-date information and communication technologies. Both positive and negative consequences of this influence on various aspects of the life of the man, the society and the whole country were indicated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861938
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The Development of Economic Knowledge in the Era of Modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Application
Barbara, Siuta-Tokarska - In: Organization and Management 2010 (2010) 1 (139), pp. 213-226
The paper presents selected views and economic theories considering the influence of up-to-date information and communication technologies. Both positive and negative consequences of this influence on various aspects of the life of the man, the society and the whole country were indicated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744640