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The structural transformation of a traditional economy dominated by primary activities into a modern economy where high-productivity …
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in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …
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its innovation system and the interplay between the firm and the non-firm sector. We argue that, in any economy, when … generated a sub-optimal outcome. Market forces did not result in the western-style innovation system, but a hybrid one, with …-down" supply-driven allocation of resources and a reliance on external (but domestic) network of sources for innovation and capital …
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Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...
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Based on a survey adapted from the Fourth European Community Innovation Survey (CIS-4), this study finds that, in the … new product sales as a percentage of total sales or engage in R&D or collaborative innovation activities in China are more … likely to survive and remain in Guangdong. The study fills a gap in the literature by investigating the effects of innovation …
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technology frontier. Relying on a semi-parametric generalized additive model, we estimate labor productivity equations. We find … that the number of agents enrolled in higher education is a determinant of growth. Moreover, when a country is sufficiently …, while higher education presents the opposite shape. These findings support the main assertion of Aghion and Cohen (2004 …
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We are interested in the relation between Gini coefficients of education, educational variables, and growth. We specify … a system of 14 difference equations with lagged dependent variables in education variables, as well as a growth … tertiary education will go beyond 90%, and therefore drive transitional growth rates and average years of schooling to high …
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productivity as of 1959 of about 350 (320). As a complement to the growth model we estimate the Kouri model using time …
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, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al …This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …
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(Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the …This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …
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