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Technology foresight and industrial strategy in developing countries

Pietrobelli C.; Puppato F. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015

When Technology Foresight TF began to be adopted in industrial countries, it tended to be still somewhat a marginal activity in developing countries. It was then believed that TF and its prediction of the future was a matter that only highly industrialised countries could endeavour to achieve,...

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Innovation Policy, Entrepreneurship, and Development: A Finnish View

Toivanen, Otto - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

This article first reviews the economic rationales for innovation policy. It then describes the Finnish innovation policy and policy making environment. The Finnish policy is evaluated from the point of view of fostering entrepreneurship. R&D subsidies, the main tool of Finnish innovation...

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The making of national giants: technology and governments shaping the international expansion of oil companies from Brazil and China

Pereira de Carvalho, Flavia; Goldstein, Andrea - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

This chapter analyses foreign direct investments (henceforth FDI) in the oil industry from two large emerging economies, Brazil and China, with the purpose to understand the role of Governments and technology in the internationalisation strategies of those firms. The chapter shows that the...

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A New Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment, Industrial and Innovation Policies

Costa, Ionara; Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper deals with the interplay between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the industrial and innovation policies of host developing economies. It aims to redefine the nexus between these different, though yet strongly interconnected policy areas, by bringing the affiliates of multinational...

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Compliance with the private standards and capacity building of national institutions under globalization: new agendas for developing countries?

Iizuka, Michiko; Borbon-Galvez, Yari - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

There are two assumptions regarding regulatory instruments under the globalizing economy. These are: (1) increasing role of private standards in shaping the economic activities of developing countries; and (2) diminishing role of national institutions in "open" and "liberal" markets. In other...

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Indian Pharma Within Global Reach?

Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is presently going through a phase of transition and potential consolidation, owing to India's new TRIPS-compliant intellectual property regime and other rules aimed at enhancing the industry's credibility nationally and internationally. Appropriate policy...

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Mitigating 'anticommons' harms to research in science and technology

David, Paul A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

There are three analytically distinct layers of the phenomenon that has been labeled 'the anticommons' and indicted as a potential impediment to innovation resulting from patenting and enforcement of IPR obtained on academic research results. This paper distinguishes among 'search costs',...

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Experimentation with Strategy and the Evolution of Dynamic Capability in the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector

Athreye, Suma; Kale, Dinar; Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

Indian pharmaceutical firms. It shows that radical regulatory changes such as the Indian Patent Act of 1970, the New …

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What does it take for an R&D tax incentive policy to be effective?

Mohnen, Pierre; Lokshin, Boris - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

While in 1996, 12 OECD countries offered R&D tax incentives, in 2008 this number increased to 21. Most countries have opted for level-based instead of incremental R&D tax incentives. This paper takes a critical look at how the effectiveness of R&D tax incentives has been assessed in recent...

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Determinants of quadic patenting: Market access, imitative threat, competition and strength of intellectual property rights

Huang, Can; Jacob, Jojo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

advance the notion of quadic patent family, defined as a patent family that consists of patent applications at the European … Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the national patent office of a … a sample of 38 countries. Our results indicate that quadic patent applications are driven by the need for accessing …

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