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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 authors employ propensity score matching and a traditional control function approach to examine the impact of participation in various societal institutions on microfirm performance in Mexico. They find that firms that participate in credit markets, receive training, pay taxes, and belong...
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competitive, knowledge based economy, and for involving Russia in the development process. A broad range of innovation policies … innovation. Regional innovation systems are constantly evolving and government must be flexible enough to support learning and … interactions between innovation stakeholders and the ability of firms to find their competitive advantages in global markets. …
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"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through … find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and …
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"This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, the difference in differences approach is combined with a matching technique....
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Global Development Finance (GDF), is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. It is an indispensable resource for governments, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics, bankers, and the entire development...
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These proceedings highlight the key findings and public policy lessons that emerged from the Knowledge Economy Forum VII (KEF VII) on Technology Absorption by Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises, held in Ancona, Italy on June 17-19, 2008. Technology Absorption by Innovative Small and Medium...
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Facilitating the growth of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is central to creating jobs for an underutilized … and growing labor force in Turkey as SMEs account for 79 percent of jobs in Turkey. Creating jobs for Turkey's unemployed … SME growth performance and productivity is currently poor, and these related challenges must be simultaneously addressed …
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