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Education, training and skill development policies in Sudan: Macro-micro overview
Nour, Samia - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
This paper discusses the education, training and skill development policies in Sudan using a combination of new secondary and primary data. A novel element in our paper is that we use new primary macro and micro (firm) surveys data to discuss and compare the macro and micro perspectives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009195551
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Highly skilled temporary return, technological change and Innovation: The Case of the TRQN Project in Afghanistan
Kuschminder, Katie; Siegel, Melissa - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2012
capacity building in the origin country through knowledge transfer, innovation and technological change. The paper specifically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653058
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A Closer Look at the Relationship Between Life Expectancy and Economic Growth
Azomahou, Théophile; Boucekkine, Raouf; Diene, Bity - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
We first provide a nonparametric inference of the relationship between life expectancy and economic growth on an historical data for 18 countries over the period 1820-2005. The obtained shape shows up convexity for low enough values of life expectancy and concavity for large enough values. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150870
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Higher education and science policies in the Arab region: National, regional and global processes
Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
In this paper we discuss the interaction between science policies (and particularly in the area of scientific research) and higher education policies in Gulf and Mediterranean Arab countries. Our analysis reveals a discrepancy between the two sub-regions with respect to integration in the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765734
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The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
Borghans, Lex; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J.; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworks for interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150764
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Public private sector partnerships in an agricultural system of innovation: concepts and challenges
Hall, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
need to be viewed in the framework of an innovation system and a development scenario where networks of agro … suggesting that efforts should be focused on building social capital in agricultural innovation systems and cautions that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150795
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Learning in Local Systems and Global Links: The Otigba Computer Hardware Cluster in Nigeria
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
Conventional wisdom suggests to the fact that poor countries are unlikely to be host to a “high-technology” sector and doing so within the organization of small and medium enterprises. This paper examines an unusual phenomenon of industrial organization in an African setting; the emergence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150800
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Is Inter-Firm Labor Mobility a Channel of Knowledge spillovers? Evidence from a Linked Employer-Employee Panel
Maliranta, Mika; Mohnen, Pierre; Rouvinen, Petri - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
An employer-employee panel is used to study whether the movement of workers across firms is a channel of unintended diffusion of R&D-generated knowledge. Somewhat surprisingly, hiring workers from others' R&D labs to one's own does not seem to be a significant spillover channel. Hiring workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150805
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Strategies in ICT SMEs in Enlarged Europe (EU25)
Lal, Kaushalesh; Dunnewijk, Theo - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
Innovation strategies of entrepreneurs are mapped with growth and performance of their firms in this study. Findings of … innovation strategies experienced more employment growth, higher profitability, and better sales dynamics than those that adopted … occasional innovation approach. Market growth of continuous innovating firms realized faster pace than other type of firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150815
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Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes
Weinberg, Bruce A.; Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
This paper develops a framework to understand the role of interpersonal interactions in the labor market including task assignment and wages. Effective interpersonal interactions involve caring, to establish cooperation, and at the same time directness, to communicate in an unambiguous way. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150816