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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses these questions and explains the relationship between...
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Strategic Choice of Freight Mode and Investments in Transport Infrastructure within Production Networks
Tsai, Ying Yi - eSocialSciences - 2010
In the context of production linkages in which downstream producers require freight services provided by transport …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680379
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Decentralized Provisioning of Supplementary Nutrition for the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in Mumbai
Natasha S. K. - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study is an attempt to examine the decentralized production of supplementary nutrition which has been instituted … investigation is the local production of food by self-help groups from the community where the anganwadi centre (AWC) is located … self- help groups) in the production process is also expected to contribute towards the economic and social empowerment of …
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The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies
Rao, C Niranjan - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper starts by recapitulating the basic arguments provided by economic theory to explain the existence of the patent system. The paper then concentrates on the three important ICT industries viz., telecommunication equipment, computer hardware and semiconductor industries. The issues...
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Livelihood Risks and Coping Strategies: A Case Study in the Agrarian Village Of Cherumad, Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala is examined. [WP no. 394].
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Genetic Engineering in Indian Agriculture An Introductory Handbook
Kuruganti, Kavitha - eSocialSciences - 2009
The handbook is prepared to create an informed public debate on Genetic Engineering in agriculture and this Introductory Manual is a contribution to this debate – a debate not just on GE in agriculture per se but on democratization of science and technology.
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Gender Impact of Trade Reforms in Indian Plantation Sector: An Exploratory Ananlysis
K, Viswanathan P; Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the potential gender impacts of the trade reforms in plantation agriculture in the emerging context of the two prominent FTAs, viz. the Indo-ASEAN and the proposed EU-India FTA. [NRPPD Discussion Paper]
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