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The Inventor’s Role: Was Schumpeter Right?
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
According to Schumpeter, the creative process of economic development can be divided into three distinguishable stages of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation...
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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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Innovation and Productivity - Evidence from Six Latin American Countries
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuniga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … technological advances, and those that innovate have greater labor productivity than those that do not. Yet firm-level determinants … productivity, however, highlight the importance of innovation in enabling firms to improve economic performance and catch up. …
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Transition to a functional financial safety net in Latin America : paper prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What Work...
Garber, Peter M. - Conference "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What … - 1997
The basic worldwide financial safety net architecture provides for a system of similar institutions: a lender of last resort, deposit insurance, and prudential regulation. In countries whose banking systems suffer seriously from negative capital positions and overbanking, such as in some Latin...
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How should financial institutions and markets be structured? : analysis and options for financial system design ; prepared for "Safe and sound financial systems: what works for Lat...
Kaufman, George G.; Kroszner, Randall S. - Conference "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What … - 1997
This paper analyzes the consequences of alternative financial structures for financial efficiency and stability. The focus is on the organizational structure of banks. Alternative bank structures range from "narrow banks" to broad "universal banks". Each banking structure is assessed in its...
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Safe and sound financial systems : what works for Latin America
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana (contributor) - 1997
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The Role of Small Firms in China's Technology Development
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Ping, He; Qian, Jinchang - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S&T development. For instance, previous studies tend to focus only on large and medium-sized enterprises (LMEs). The situation in Chinese small firms is far less explored. This paper...
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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity: Uruguayan Manufacturing Firms
Cassoni, Adriana; Ramada, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
innovation were found to be significant, promoting a non-negligible acceleration of labor productivity gains. However, the … respect to products on labor productivity. However, the degree of novelty of process innovation is significantly inferior to …
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