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African countries to assimilate and effectively use knowledge and technology. Contrary to the views held by many analysts, the …
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include human capital and the state of technology. These extensions of the neoclassical theory are not very satisfying at a …
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The effect of computer technology on Finnish economic growth in 1983-96 is examined to shed light into the famous … growth can be attributed to computers. Almost eight per cent of the net growth can be attributed to information technology …
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Can the increasing signicance of knowledge-products in national income- the growing weightless economy-infuence economic development? Those technologies reduce "distance" between consumers and knowledge production This paper analyzes a model embodying such a reduction. The model shows how...
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The rapid diffusion of computers has widely changed the consequences of computer use on the labour market. While at the beginning of the eighties k nowledge of computers was an obvious advantage in a career, this same knowledge is now so commonplace that the inability to use these tools is...
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Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia’s success … East and South East Asia and asks: what can other developing countries learn from Asia’s success, if anything? The study …
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Relying on a recently developed decomposition framework, this paper explores spatial distribution of innovation … capability in China. It is found that at the regional level, China's inequality in innovation capability increased from 1995 to … inequality in innovation capability. Unbalanced development in high-tech parks exerts a growing explanatory power in driving …
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the most commonly used. Gender, formal and informal training of the household head, and technology attributes influence … the choice of mechanization technology. This study recommends increased formal and informal training, extension, credit …
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including a dynamic human development trap, endogenous technological change, technology transfer and trade. Divergent and … development, it is not sufficient. Both trade and foreign direct investment create innovation assymetries hindering lagging … conflict of interest between supporting human capital investment and innovation. If only innovation is supported, the human …
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