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A Brief History of Mobile Telecommunication in Europe

Dunnewijk, Theo; Hultén, Staffan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

Since the introduction of mobile telephony in the early fifties in Europe, US and Japan the demand for this service exploded. It seems that the latent demand for mobile telecommunication services for decade's continued to be very strong. Since the introduction of cellular technology the capacity...

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An introduction to the economics of rare earths

Bartekova E. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

The aim of this paper is to examine the supply risk of rare earths and its impact on low carbon technologies deployment. Bringing together seemingly disconnected strands of scientific literature, this multidisciplinary approach allows to provide an overarching overview of the economics of rare...

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Can internet infrastructure help reduce regional disparities? : evidence from Turkey

Celbis M.G.; de, Crombrugghe D.P.I. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This study presents novel evidence regarding the role of regional internet infrastructure in reducing regional per capita income disparities. We base our study on the assumptions that 1 the diffusion of information homogenizes regional economies through reducing the dissimilarities in...

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Research joint ventures in an R&D driven market with evolving consumer preferences: An evolutionary multi-agent based modelling approach

Cevikarslan S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015

RD collaborations have increasingly attracted the attention of both academic and business circles in the last couple of decades. Several empirical studies have concentrated on the firms incentives to participate in these collaborations. This paper presents an alternative approach to RD...

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The impact of ICT in public and private universities in Sudan

Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

, production and dissemination of knowledge in Sudanese universities. We support the fourth hypothesis that the use of ICT … introduces a creative-destruction effect by providing opportunities for knowledge production, building connection and … organizational changes; but simultaneously also creates hazards to knowledge production and building disconnection for those who do …

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Towards the societal system of innovation: The case of metropolitan areas in Europe

Turkeli S.; Wintjes R.J.M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

Innovation serves many purposes. In this paper we study new varieties of innovation and innovation policy which address societal challenges in the largest cities in Europe. These metropolitan areas consistently show resounding characteristics in terms of multiplicities of innovation, governance...

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Transition to knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia

Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper discusses the progress in transition to knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia. As for the methodology, this paper uses updated secondary data obtained from different sources. It uses both descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the OECD definition of knowledge-based economy...

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Technological spillovers from multinational presence - Towards a conceptual framework

Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper undertakes a critical review of existing spillover analyses and proposes a unique analytical framework for examining technological spillovers in a manufacturing industry setting. The proposed framework overlaps three different literature strands; cluster and network dynamics,...

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A Knowledge Economy Paradigm and its Consequences

Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

During the 1980s and 1990s "Active labour" market reforms opened up labour markets in Europe, making them more flexible without putting in jeopardy the essence of the social security protection model. Countries that went furthest in such "active labour" market reforms such as the UK, the...

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Path-breaking directions of nanotechnology-based chemotherapy and molecular cancer therapy

Coccia M.; Wang L. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

A fundamental question is how to detect likely successful anticancer treatments based on nanotechnology. We confront this question here by analysing the trajectories of nanotechnologies applied to path-breaking cancer treatments, which endeavour to pinpoint ground-breaking and fruitful...

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