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Research, higher education and innovation: redesigning multi-level governance within Europe in a period of crisis

Ritzen, Jo; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

In this paper we present a vision for the course Europe should take in its research and higher education policies in order to fully live up to the expectations of its citizens to provide a safe, comfortable, affluent and sustainable environment in this period of considerable financial restraint...

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Product, process and organizational innovation: drivers, complementarity and productivity effects

Polder, Michael; Leeuwen, George van; Mohnen, Pierre; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … usage are important drivers of innovation in both manufacturing and services. Doing more R&D has a positive effect on …

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Nanotechnology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies

Huang, Can; Notten, Ad; Rasters, Nico - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

This paper provides a comprehensive review of more than 120 social science studies in nanoscience and technology, all of which analyze publication and patent data. We conduct a comparative analysis of bibliometric search strategies that these studies use to harvest publication and patent data...

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Thinking locally: Exploring the importance of a subsidiary-centered model of FDI-related spillovers in Brazil

Marin, Anabel; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

This paper investigates FDI-related spillovers in Brazil for the period 1996-2005. In contrast to most previous recent studies, which have failed to identify any significant effects in emerging economies, we found that horizontal spillovers did arise in Brazil. However, they did not arise simply...

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Employment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Microdata.

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Lotti, Francesca - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms' productivity with … process innovation. The sources of employment growth during the period are split equally between the net contribution of … product innovation and the net contribution from sales growth of old products. However, the contribution of product innovation …

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Entrepreneurship and innovation in a hybrid political order: The case of Lebanon

Stel, Nora - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

improve our understanding of how governance structures influence entrepreneurship and innovation it is instructive to consider …

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The co-evolution of organizational performance and emotional contagion

Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas; Weehuizen, Rifka - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

In this paper we model interactions between organizational structures, job stress, emotional contagion and organization performance. An organization is modelled as solving problems or performing tasks. Tasks enter the organization and can be addressed by a subset of its members. Organization...

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Economic development, growth, institutions and geography

Bhupatiraju, Samyukta; Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

In this paper, we test the Rodrik et al (2004) framework to explain differences in development levels across countries by using a broader set of definitions for institutions, geography and economic variables. We use a multi-faceted database to measure institutions in an attempt to go beyond the...

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Revisiting the porter hypothesis: An empirical analysis of green innovation for the Netherlands

Leeuwen, George van; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

literature as the "weak" and the "strong" version of the Porter hypothesis. Our "Green Innovation" model includes three types of … eco investments and non-eco R&D to explain differences in the incidence of innovation. Besides product and process … innovations we recognize eco-innovation as a separate type of innovation output. We explicitly model the potential synergies of …

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Assessing risk discourses: Nano S&T in the Global South

Kanerva, Minna - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 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...

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