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Economics of Philanthropic Institutions, Regulation and Governance in Turkey
Babacan, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper merges the literature on regulation, specifically private provision of public goods, and governance with the … literature on philanthropic institutions (awqaf) in Turkey. Traditionally, awqaf (plural for the waqf) have been very functional … discussions under the literature on regulation and governance, particularly the property rights. This paper analyzes the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110579
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Agricultural Technology and Marketing Margins in Vietnam
Jensen, Tarp; Tarp, Finn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper analyses the potential distributional impact and synergy effects from simultaneous improvements in agricultural sector productivity and reductions in trade and transportation margins. Two separate models are established to analyse (i) the interaction between agricultural technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001180
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An Assessment of Technology Transfer System in Afghanistan: The Case of Balkh and Nangarhar provinces
Singh, K.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
An estimated 85% of Afghanistan’s population lives in rural areas, most of which are resource poor farmers whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and livestock in agro-pastoral or crop-livestock systems. Agriculture – including the processing of agricultural and livestock products --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258890
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Hazard Concerns: MIC at Bhopal and Virginia and the Indian Nuclear Liability Act
Tyabji, Nasir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Oblivious to the anger and outrage expressed throughout the world after the methyl isocyanate leak in December 1984, the continued storage of MIC at the parent West Virginia plant until 2011, despite several accidents, indicates the limited effect of public safety concerns on corporate strategy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259393
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Patent licensing in spatial competition: Does pre-innovation cost asymmetry matter?
Poddar, Sougata; Bouguezzi, Fehmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We consider the optimal licensing strategy of an insider patentee in a circular city of Salop’s model and in a linear city of Hotelling’s model when firms have asymmetric pre-innovation marginal costs of production and compete in prices. We completely characterize the optimal licensing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220683
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Are there dynamic externalities from direct foreign investment? Evidence for Morocco
Harrison, Ann; Haddad, Mona - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
Many developing countris now actively solicit foreign investment, offering income tax holidays, import duty exemptions, and subsidies to foreign firms. One reason for subsidizing these firms is the positive externalities as foreign technology is transferred from foreign to domestic firms. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647217
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A Changing Climate: Statistical Evidence of the Intellectual Property Landscape of Clean Energy Technologies
Ghafele, Roya; Gibert, Benjamin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The intellectual property (IP) system plays an important role in the development and diffusion of technologies by determining the institutional context in which transactions occur. This article reviews the recent EPO report ‘Patents and Clean Energy Technologies: Bridging the Gap between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647227
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Financing University Research
Ghafele, Roya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
While the detailed mechanisms of the interplay of knowledge creation and economic growth have been discussed in great detail by endogenous growth theory, this paper is interested in assessing the role that universities play in the knowledge based economy. It does so at the example of best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647330
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Multinationals in economic development: the benefits of FDI
Harrison, Ann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
During her five years at the World Bank, Harrison initiated four studies involving multinational enterprises in four developing countries: Ivory Coast, Mexico, Morocco and Venezuela. These studies measure the role of multinational enterprises in promoting technology transfer; test whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647361
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International Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: The CDM´s Reality in China
Aleluia, João; Leitão, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Entrepreneurship as a determinant of economic growth and innovation intensity has been increasingly used by governments for shaping public policies with sustainable development purposes. This chapter positions the Clean Development Mechanism as an example of an international technology transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039964