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Die ökonomischen Effekte der Hochschulausgaben des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt – Fiskalische, Humankapital- und Kapazitätseffekte der Hochschulen in Magdeburg (Teil 2)
Rosner, Ulf; Weimann, Joachim - EconWPA - 2004
Die Untersuchung analysiert, in welchem Umfang und auf welchen Wegen der Wissens- und Humankapitaltransfer durch die Otto-von-Guericke- Universität Magdeburg und die Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH) in die Wirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalts stattfindet. Ausgehend von der wirtschaftlichen Ausgangslage...
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Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective
One, Author; Two, Author; Thirdone, U. - EconWPA - 2002
The environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment is still to be explored totally. It is often argued that investment may come to a region or country where environment protection norms are less strict. Investors may be induced to outsource their pollution-intensive production where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408033
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IE WP 01/03 Technology transfer and sustainable development in emerging economies
Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier; Chafla, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
This paper aims to show how the process of diffusion of 'clean technologies' confronts a variety of forces at the macro level that create systematic, technological and institutional barriers to their adoption. There is abundant literature on the role of technology transfer in the development of...
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Hidden Costs of Technology Transfer
Gürak, H. - EconWPA - 2003
Global operations of Giant Firms seem to restructure the division of production and income distribution on a global scale while increasing the interdependence of nations. In this process, the FDIs seem to be the principal mechanism linking national economies, in addition to trade. But,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119379
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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models
Hussinger, Katrin - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyzes the effects of public subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By applying parametric and...
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VERTICAL R&D SPILLOVERS, COOPERATION, MARKET STRUCTURE, AND INNOVATION
Atallah, Gamal - EconWPA - 2000
are taken into account. The paper proposes a theory of innovation and market structure, showing that the relation between … innovation and competition depends on horizontal spillovers, vertical spillovers, and cooperative settings. The private …
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A Model of Primary and Secondary Waves in Investment Cycles
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002
. Uniting Schumpeter's concern for innovation with Keynes' concern for uncertainty and expectations formation, this article … focuses on the behaviour of entrepreneurs confronting uncertainty caused by innovation. Entrepreneurs' behaviour is … opened up by a successful innovation generates a state of optimism in the minds of single entrepreneurs, which eventually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077089
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Evidence Theory: A Mathematical Framework for Unpredictable Hypotheses
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002
Shafer's evidence theory is a branch of the mathematics of uncertain reasoning that allows for novel possibilities to be conceived by a decision-maker. Many of its findings exhibit striking similarities with an alternative decision theory purported by Shackle in the 1950s, before expected...
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VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...
Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...
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A Theory of Technology Diffusion
Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003
What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126129