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Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation
Cowan, Robin; Zinovyeva, N. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
This paper analyzes empirically the channels through which university research affects industry innovation. We examine how the opening of new science, medicine and engineering departments in Italy during 1985-2000 affected regional innovation systems. We find that creation of a new university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150876
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Radical versus Non-Radical Inventions
Schoenmakers, Wilfred; Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
This paper looks at the special characteristics of radical inventions. It tries to identify those variables that differentiate radical inventions from non-radical inventions. Since radical inventions are very important for the economy as a whole and for the individual firm performances,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150852
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Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?
Mohnen, Pierre; Bérubé, Charles - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
products than their counterparts that only benefited from R&D tax incentives. They also made more world-first product … innovations and were more successful in commercializing their innovations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150842
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Assessing risk discourses: Nano S&T in the Global South
Kanerva, Minna - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
Nano science and technology (nano S&T) has potential to change our lives for the better, but at the same time, it causes also a significant amount of concern in terms of related health, environmental, ethical and societal risks. It is increasingly recognized that addressing these concerns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557029
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Missing the target: Lessons from enabling innovation in South Asia
Rasheed, Sulaiman V.; Hall, Andy; Reddy, T.S. Vamsidhar - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
This paper reflects on the experience of the Research Into Use (RIU) projects in Asia. It reconfirms much of what has been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were precisely because lessons from previous research on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323002
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Global excellence at the expense of local relevance, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world
Barnard, Helena; Cowan, Robin; Muller, Moritz - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
Do world-leading researchers from developing countries contribute to upgrading locally, or do they disengage from the … academia in the developing world, and that the world-leading researchers in developing countries may play an especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693158
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Preparing for the Next, Very Long Crisis: Towards a ‘Cool’ Science and Technology Policy Agenda For a Globally Warming Economy
David, Paul A. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This short paper on a very big subject deals with a worry - a worry that the present economic crisis is likely to contribute to the already-existing temptations of governmental and private actors alike to behave in a time-inconsistent fashion when responding to the challenge of climate change....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629998
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The when and where of research in agricultural innovation trajectories: Evidence and implications from RIU's South Asia projects
Reddy, Vamsidhar; Hall, Andy; Sulaiman, Rasheed - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
, services and institutional innovations. Using these analytical principles, this paper examines the efforts of the DFID …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148896
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Interrupted innovation: Innovation system dynamics in latecomer aerospace industries
Vertesy, Daniel; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
In this paper we analyse the role of sectoral innovation systems in the emergence and catch-up of aerospace industries in latecomer economies. We argue that the aerospace sector is characterized by a process of interrupted innovation. Competitive pressures and the cyclical nature of the industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765736
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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms
Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international … technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign affiliates. We estimate a dynamic productivity model on a large sample of …-firm technology transfer contribute to productivity growth, while technology transfer exhibits decreasing marginal returns. The two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150818