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"The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those of large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of the brain drain on North-South trade-related technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in small and large...
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"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …
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"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
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the empirical relationship between economic development and (1) inside-the-frontier-innovation as reflected by the …-the-frontier innovation as reflected in patents. The data suggest, unsurprisingly, that inside-the-frontier innovation is more common among … changes in the industrial composition of exports. The authors use a simple model of innovation and imitation to test the …
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"Fujita and Hill compare and contrast Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the … districts and international hub models. The authors provide key elements making up the Tokyo model--organizational knowledge …, the national system of innovation, and the historical genesis of Tokyo in Japan's political economy. They find that the …
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not feel pressure (Carlin and others 2001; World Bank 2004). However, competition also appears to affect innovation in … of competition and, consequently, assesses their net impact on innovation. He finds that reducing tariffs and enacting … and enforcing competition laws modestly increases both the pressure that firms feel regarding innovation and the level of …
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developing countries. Section two examines examples of innovation in the private insurance and capital markets that may have … considers how innovation is taking seed in creative disaster micro insurance programs in low- and middle-income countries …
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Tunisia must move from a low value-added and low cost economy to a higher value-added, knowledge intensive economy in … integration, innovation policies and enabling environment reforms (macro stability, economic regulation and governance, financial … unemployment; chapter three examines the strengths and weaknesses of Tunisia's innovation system and strategies and proposes reform …
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