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The century of education
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice - HAL - 2009
This paper presents a historical database on educational attainment in 74 countries for the period 1870-2010, using … perpetual inventory methods before 1960 and then the Cohen and Soto (2007) database. The correlation between the two sets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930177
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A new International Database on Education Quality: 1965-2010
Altinok, Nadir; Diebolt, Claude; Meulemeester, Jean-Luc De - HAL - 2012
The aim of this paper is to propose a new database allowing a comparative evaluation of the relative performance of … schooling systems around the world. We measure this performance through pupils achievement in standardized tests. We merge all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899182
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Process Moves in The Intra-organizational Diffusion of Knowledge Management: Preliminary Findings from A Study on CKO Effectiveness
Raub, Steffen; Rüling, Charles-Clemens - HAL - 2002
The existing literature on Chief Knowledge Officers (CKOs) focuses on individual characteristics and organizational context but fails to convincingly address the issue of process dynamics in terms of effective and ineffective CKO moves and strategies. In order to address this gap we review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549090
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The determinants of innovation adoption
Autant-Bernard, Corinne; Guironnet, Jean-Pascal; … - HAL - 2010
Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation … adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study … applied in a context of binary endogenous variable to explain the choices made by firms regarding innovation. Distinctions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791633
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Process Moves in The Intra-organizational Diffusion of Knowledge Management: Preliminary Findings from A Study on CKO Effectiveness
Raub, Steffen; Rüling, Charles-Clemens - HAL - 2002
The existing literature on Chief Knowledge Officers (CKOs) focuses on individual characteristics and organizational context but fails to convincingly address the issue of process dynamics in terms of effective and ineffective CKO moves and strategies. In order to address this gap we review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796036
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Mitigation strategies and energy technology learning: an assessment with the POLES model
Criqui, Patrick; Mima, Silvana; Menanteau, Philippe; … - HAL - 2014
This paper explores various dimensions of the learning process for low-carbon technologies under different mitigation scenarios. It uses the POLES model, which addresses learning as an endogenous phenomenon with learning curves, and a set of scenarios developed as part of the AMPERE project. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780807
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The economics of changing course: implications of adaptability and inertia for optimal climate policy.
Grubb, Michael; Thierry, Chapuis; Ha-Duong, Minh - HAL - 1995
technical innovation and systemic change in the energy sector is largely induced by need, and restrained by potentially large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791872
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Prospects for the hydrogen transition based on the network economic approach : Insights from the electricity and gas experience in Europe
Bento, Nuno - HAL - 2007
This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792179
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Entrepreneurship turnover and endogenous returns to ability
Crifo, Patricia; Sami, Hind - HAL - 2008
This paper proposes a model of entrepreneurial turnover highlighting a non-monotone relationship between technological change and ability-biased sorting into entrepreneurial types. Entrepreneurial decisions are examined in a two-stage model under uncertainty in which entrepreneurs decide to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792589
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Is the New Economy a Useful Concept ?
Paulré, Bernard - HAL - 2000
The present paper examines the meaning and usefulness of the concept of a New Economy. This construct, which first began to appear in the media in the mid-1990s, is utilised today with a variety of definitions and intentions. Having identified three possible denotations or orientations relating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793473