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Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia

Gebreeyesus, Mulu - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

This paper addresses two prominent issues on the development of small enterprises in Africa. Which factors inhibit or foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises survey data from Ethiopia that comprise 1000...

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Alliance-based Network View on Chinese Firms' Catching-up: Case Study of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd

Zhang, Ying - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

firms' catching up from network perspective. By taking Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. as a case, we integrate absorptive … capacity development and firm-level catching up into an alliances-based network framework. We found that network alliances with … firms and universities complement each other at different catching up stages; and alliances-based network provides a …

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A Systems Perspective on Inter-Firm and Organizational Collaboration in African Industry

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2004

Based on recent field survey data collected in three African countries, this study examines inter-firm and inter-organizational collaboration in African industry. Three sets of interactions were analyzed namely: firm-firm linkages, including user-supplier and subcontracting relationships;...

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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 Research … - 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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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002,...

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Public private sector partnerships in an agricultural system of innovation: concepts and challenges

Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

The potential for public private sector partnerships is likely to grow. However, despite a number of high profile success stories, promoting partnerships has proved more difficult than many assumed. This paper argues that such partnerships need to be viewed in the framework of an innovation...

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Concepts and guidelines for diagnostic assessments of agricultural innovation capacity

Hall, Andy; Mytelka, Lynn; Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part sets out a conceptual framework for diagnostic assessments of agricultural innovation capacity. It explains that contemporary patterns of agricultural development demand fresh thinking on how innovation can be promoted in ways that can deal...

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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes

Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This research investigates the role of social capital and government intervention in explaining the differences of innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective...

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The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak, Semih; Weel, Bas ter - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link...

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How novel is social capital: Three cases from the British history that reflect social capital

Akcomak, Semih; Stoneman, Paul - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

Social capital increases efficiency by reducing transaction costs, creating new forms of information exchange and by inducing change in individual attitudes. How Royal Society of London, the Media and the Private Prosecution Societies functioned in the 17th and 18th century Britain display...

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