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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
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China's Government-Set Patent Targets and Performance Indicators: Boosting Numbers or Innovation?
Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
underlying inventions – i.e., their ability to be transformed into something useful and thus constitute innovation. And this is …-think these approaches as ways to stimulate innovation in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258904
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Does innovation matter for Chinese hightech exports? a firm-level analysis
Fu, Dahai; Wu, Yanrui; Tang, Yihong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of innovation activities in the export participation of Chinese high-tech firms during the … firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D and product innovation dummies, play only a minor role for domestic … exporters. Foreign-invested firms dominate the high-tech exports but do not rely on indigenous innovation activities. These …
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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703273
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Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
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How rules and procedures for reviewing patent applications and those for enforcing patents can hamper patent quality and innovation in China
Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
somewhat discourage building of quality patents and related innovation in China. …
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China's Impact on the Global Wind Power Industry
Lema, Rasmus; Berger, Axel; Schmitz, Hubert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
already visible, other influences are beginning to be felt – arising from China’s coordination, innovation and financing power. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257939
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A Model of Total Factor Productivity Built on Hayek’s View of Knowledge: What Really Went Wrong with Socialist Planned Economies?
Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Because Hayek’s view goes beyond the Walrasian framework, his descriptive arguments on socialist planned economies are prone to be misunderstood. This paper clarifies Hayek’s arguments by using them as a basis to construct a model of total factor productivity. The model shows that...
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