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The Global Race for Excellence and Skilled Labour: A Status Report
Rollwagen, Ingo; Renkin, Tobias - eSocialSciences - 2012
coordinates that define the development of knowledge, higher education and excellence of these efforts. [DB]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653328
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Changing Practices in/of Science: The Context of Intellectual Property Rights in India
Mallick, Sambit - eSocialSciences - 2006
Changes in the practices and norms of research have changed the dynamics of creation of knowledge. Issues of … Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and proprietary information and knowledge have begun to give rise to new debates on public … modern science will undermine these civilisational knowledge systems. There is a fear that the process of globalisation would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341734
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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025321
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Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India
Mueller, Valerie; Shariff, Abusaleh - eSocialSciences - 2013
remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas. A propensity score–matching approach to account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133273
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Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Lessons from Offshoring-based Software Clusters in Bangalore
Okada, Aya - eSocialSciences - 2009
the main sources of knowledge transfer and innovation among key firms in Bangalore’s software cluster are their external … knowledge brought in by foreign networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512451
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Local Knowledge and Agricultural Sustainability: A Case Study of Pradhan Tribe in Adilabad District
K, Anil Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2011
's indigenous agricultural knowledge and the changes over time. These custodians of indigenous knowledge and world view practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002291
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White Spaces in Building Innovation Clusters
Rao, A S - eSocialSciences - 2011
Clusters are groups of firms, related actors, and institutions that are located near one another and that draw productive advantage from their mutual proximity and connections. This paper studies the ways of managing white spaces to make a cluster innovative....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319337
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Distress Situation in Dryland Areas Impacts on Livelihood Pattern and the Coping Strategies: A Review
Patnaik, Itishree - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper is a review of the different coping mechanisms adopted by the households in different dryland area of India. The primary focus of the present paper is to understand the coping mechanisms adopted by the households in the dryland areas to cope with the distress situations in India. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319349
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The Dynamics of Health and Return Migration
Davies, Anita A; Borland, Rosilyne M; Blake, Carolyn; … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Return migration and health has received little attention in policy and research. This article will focus on the risk factors and social determinants of health during all phases of migration that can impact the health of returnees. It will highlight the diversity of returning migrants and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321507
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Rise of the ‘Posthumanities’: Exit, the Human…Pursued by a Cyborg
Nayar, Pramod K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
The Humanities in the 21st century has to contend with both critique and context. It has to account as an anthropocentric, imperial discipline that not only privileged the human over other forms of life, but also some kinds of humanity. It also has to negotiate with a context where accepted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250494