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Проблема формирования национальной инновационной системы
Polterovich, Victor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Different approaches to the formation of a National Innovation System (NIS) are discussed. In Russia, the current attempts of creating NIS resemble "shock therapy" whereas an interim institution strategy could be more fruitful. At the initial stage, such a strategy has to provide creation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552829
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor: Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in La...
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616660
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early colonial experience, and is believed to undermine development in the long run. I construct original measures of agricultural inequality for 1905 in what is today Brazil’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622262
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Unfavorable land endowment, cooperation, and reversal of fortune
Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
effects of cooperation on the intensive margin of agriculture, low land productivity countries lagged behind during the … important in the process of industrialization, the transition from agriculture to industry among unfavorable land endowment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108929
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Poverty and economic development of Kenya
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The economy of Kenya has been continued to be the largest in the East African region and third largest in Sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa and Nigeria respectively. At present Kenya is one of the most highly literate countries in sub-Saharan Africa. But more than 60% people of Kenya live...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109420
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Relação econômica dos setores agrícolas do Estado do Mato Grosso com os demais setores pertencentes tanto ao Estado quanto ao restante do Brasil
Figueiredo, Margarida Garcia de; Barros, Alexandre … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to empirically show the relative importance of the agricultural sector in the productive framework of Mato Grosso State (Brazil), an inter-regional input-output model for two regions: Mato Grosso and the rest of Brazil for 1999. The idea was to identify the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110037
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Warsai-Yikeaalo program and its impact in post war Eritrea – A development perspective
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
people and goods and services for the betterment of the people in the country. The study covers different sectors agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790023
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Applied economic model for an innovation growth
Josheski, Dushko; Magdinceva-Sopova, Marija - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The issue of institutional support for innovations in Latin American countries has been examined in this paper. We use … influence on human capital variable on innovations growth it is straightforward. However, the sign on the institutions variable … may as well turn not to be supportive of innovations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259308
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Managing Innovativeness in International Enterprises
Gawlik, Remigiusz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The paper aims at explaining the importance of innovations in modern enterprises. Activities leading to creation of … innovative solutions, types of innovations and their meaning for enterprise’s strategic planning have been presented. The meaning … individual innovations for maintaining an optimal cost / income balance, hence the economic rationality of innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260754
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Patents, Innovations and Economic Growth in Japan and South Korea: Evidence from individual country and panel data
Sinha, Dipendra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper looks at the relationship between patents and economic growth in Japan and South Korea using both individual country and panel data. For the econometric estimation, we use annual data for 1963-2005. For Japan, we find that the logarithms of real GDP and the number of patents are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260136