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International entrepreneurship and technological capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa
Brach, Juliane; Naudé, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
In this paper we investigate the extent of international entrepreneurship in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Oman and Syria using a dataset covering 3,281 firms. We find that weak technological capabilities constrain internationalization. Firms with ISO accreditation, an own website, and those who have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712037
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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development
Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856344
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A Multilevel Analysis of Innovation in Developing Countries
Srholec, Martin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only characteristics of firms but also environment within which firms … developing countries, we estimate a multilevel model of innovation that integrates explanatory factors at different levels of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856372
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What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?
Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712213
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Exploration and Exploitation in Technology-based Alliance Networks
Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Beerkens, Bonnie; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856301
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Persistence of and interrelation between horizontal and vertical technology alliances
Belderbos, Rene; Gilsing, Victor; Lokshin, Boris - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
governance view of collaboration, and test these on an extensive panel dataset of innovation-active Dutch firms during 1996 … value chain integration in innovation processes. Positive interrelation also exists in vertical alliances, as immediate past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856309
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New Technologies in remittances sending: Opportunities for mobile remittances in Africa
Siegel, Melissa; Fransen, Sonja - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Mobile remittances have a high development potential as they hold the promise of providing quick, easy and cheap money transfers. In Africa mobile phone usage has increased sharply and mobile banking providers are extending their services, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856315
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Missing the target: Lessons from enabling innovation in South Asia
Rasheed, Sulaiman V.; Hall, Andy; Reddy, T.S. Vamsidhar - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
) Strengthening the innovation enabling environment of policies and institutions is critical if research use is to lead to long … been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were … precisely because lessons from previous research on agricultural innovation were "not put into use" in the programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856317
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Information and intellectual property: The global challenges
Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856327
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Strategic motivations for Sino-Western alliances: a comparativeanalysis of Chinese and Western alliance formation drivers.
Saebi, Tina; Dong, Qinqin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper compares the key drivers of Sino-foreign alliance formation from the perspective of both Chinese and Western alliance partners. Our results indicate that Chinese companies enter into alliances with Western companies mainly to get accesses to international markets and to develop their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856331