outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and …

measured by the dynamic relationship between research and development and U.S. patents granted. They confirm at the country … property rights, and in some specifications, the quality of research institutions and their interaction with the private sector …, affect the transformation of research and development into patents. "--World Bank web site …

How much Indonesia spends on research and development (R and D) financing, where it spends it, and how it spends it … likely that it will need to be more innovative. This public expenditure review (PER) starts with examining Indonesia …'s policy aims. For the most part this PER will concentrate on the public R and D system, that is, the institutions and research …

A functional review by the World Bank of Romania's research, development and innovation (RD&I) sector has been … World Bank Higher Education Review team and the EC's DG Research and Innovation -- presents observations and recommendations … contribution to the country's growth and continued convergence with the EU. The objective of the Review is to propose actions over …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …

"The most basic argument for insurance is that it reduces financial risk. But since insurance opens up new … patient, it is not immediately obvious that insurance will in practice reduce financial risk. The authors analyze the effect …'s own per capita income. The estimates of the effect of insurance on financial risk allow for the possible endogeneity of …