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State-led technological development: A case of China's nanotechnology development
Huang, Can; Wu, Yilin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
We analyze the nanotechnology patent applications filed in China from 1998 to 2008 and find that the extraordinary … nanotechnology development in China has been primarily promoted by the public sector but not driven by industry and market force …. This finding implies that developing countries such as China with public research capacity and commitment to technological …
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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering
Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are organised toward technological development. This paper reflects upon the role of different organisations as knowledge brokers in regulatory policy processes towards putting...
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Knowledge Base Determinants of Technology Sourcing in the Clean Development Mechanism Projects
Doranova, Asel; Costa, Ionara; Duysters, Geert - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the three greenhouse gas emission reduction and trading instruments of the Kyoto Protocol (KP). The CDM allows governments and business entities from developed countries to offset their emissions liabilities by reducing or avoiding emissions in...
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Bridges in social capital: A review of the definitions and the social capital of social capital researchers
Akcomak, Semih - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
There has been a recent surge of interest in social economics and social capital. Articles on social capital that are published in the last five years constitute more than 60 percent of all articles on social capital. Research on social capital is now massive and spans sociology, economics,...
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Interrupted innovation: Innovation system dynamics in latecomer aerospace industries
Vertesy, Daniel; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
studies of Brazil, China, Indonesia and Argentina, we show how changes in the global competitive landscape and major political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765736
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On India's plunge into Nanotechnology: What are good ways to catch-up?
Ramani, Shyama V.; Chowdhury, Nupur; Coronini, Roger; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
The present paper examines how a developing country like India is competing in the nanotechnology race. Our study shows that both upstream scientific and technological capabilities and downstream regulatory capabilities are being strengthened. India has clearly made a dent in terms of scientific...
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Environmental innovation: Using qualitative models to identify indicators for policy
Kanerva, Minna; Arundel, Anthony; Kemp, Rene - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
Environmental innovation is an essential part of a knowledge based economy, as environmental innovation makes economies more efficient by encouraging and facilitating the use of fewer material or energy inputs per unit of output. In this respect, environmental innovation replaces material inputs...
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Innovation and Economic Development
Fagerberg, Jan; Srholec, Martin; Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
Is innovation important for development? And if so, how? One popular perception of innovation, that one meets in media every day, is that has to do with developing brand new, advanced solutions for sophisticated, well-off customers, through exploitation of the most recent advances in knowledge....
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The Heterogeneity of MNC' Subsidiaries and Technology Spillovers: Explaining positive and negative effects in emerging economies
Marin, Anabel; Sasidharan, Subash - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
Conventional models of multinational corporation (MNC) related spillovers in host economies assume that they derive from the technological assets created at the headquarters. Subsidiaries' activities in the host economy are not given any role in this process. In this paper, drawing on recent...
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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
international business community is becoming increasingly concerned about the sustainability of its long term growth based on …
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