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Inactions and Spikes of Investment in Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence on Irreversibility and Non-convexities

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

This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of irreversibility and non-convexities in adjustment costs on firm investment decision based on 1996-2002 firm level data from the Ethiopian manufacturing. It relies on a rich census based panel data set that gives the advantage of...

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The Use and Economic Impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Sudan

Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

information; development of a new model for disseminating and distributing electronic information, where the information has moved … knowledge and hence economic development in Sudan. …

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The impact of ICT in the transformation and production of knowledge in Sudan

Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

rapid quantitative and qualitative increases in transferring available information. In addition to the development of new …

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Poverty persistence and informal risk management: Micro evidence from urban Ethiopia

Azomahou T.T.; Yitbarek E. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015

Two factors that have received limited attention in poverty dynamic studies are the role of risk in causing poverty mobility and attrition bias. Controlling for the attrition bias, we study poverty dynamics in urban Ethiopia with an emphasis on the effect of idiosyncratic shocks and informal...

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Democratizing intellectual property systems : how corruption hinders equal opportunities for firms

Paunov C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper analyses how corruption affects firms ownership of intellectual property titles that relate to firms technological, organizational and further innovation efforts quality certificates and patents. Using firm-level data covering 48 developing and emerging countries, we show corruption...

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Multi-level determinants of inward FDI ownership

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

In this paper, we empirically analyse the determinants of FDI ownership into developing countries. We do this by using firm-level data obtained from the Enterprise Surveys data of the World Bank and country level data from various sources. Using a multi-level logit model, we analyse how...

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Playing in Invisible Markets: Innovations in the Market for Toilets to Harness the Economic Power of the Poor

Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Today about 41% of the global population or about 2.6 billion people do not have access to toilets and about 42,000 people die every week due to drinking water polluted with faecal matter. The...

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Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation - What is Missing in Turkey?

Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish...

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Firm Ownership, FOEs, and POEs

Amsden, Alice - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

assets. FOEs in direct competition with POEs are not necessary for economic development to flourish, and it is dangerous for … of evolution, FOEs may not contribute more to economic development in monopolistic industries than POEs. Indeed, the best … entrepreneurial than FOEs. The paper discusses the contribution of POEs vis-a-vis FOEs to economic development in emerging economies. …

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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Stam, Erik; Stel, Andre van - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We … use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range … effects of entrepreneurship in general and growth-oriented entrepreneurship in particular. We present empirical tests of the …

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