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Intellectual Property Protection and the Licensing of Technology to Developing Countries
Kanwar, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper, the influence of stronger intellectual property protection on technology transfer into developing countries via licensing is analyzed. Using panel data for the post-TRIPs period 1995-2005, it is found that stronger protection is associated with increased royalty and license fee...
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - eSocialSciences - 2012
Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...
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From Conflict to Reconstruction: Reviving the Social Contract
Addison, Tony; Murshed, S Mansoob - eSocialSciences - 2010
Contemporary civil wars are rooted in a partial or complete breakdown of the social contract, often involving disputes … over public spending, resource revenues, and taxation. A feasible social contract gives potential rebels something akin to … after war must rebuild the social contract. The chances of success increase if the economy can achieve broad- based growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008739751
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Privatisation of Urban Transport in Delhi
Arora, Shailly - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper seeks to analyse the present situation of the bus transport system in Delhi and addresses the question of how privatising bus transport system in Delhi would make the present scenario of Delhi roads much better. [CCS WP No. No. 0036].
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Sectoral Analysis
Khan, Muhammad Arshad; Khan, Shujaat Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper establishes an empirical relationship between industry -specific foreign direct investment (FDI) and output under the framework of Granger causality and panel cointegration for Pakistan over the period 1981-2008. The result supports th e evidence of panel cointegration between FDI and...
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Intellectual Property Protection And Technology Transfer The Case Of Overseas R & D
Kanwar, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper investigates whether, in what direction, and to what extent one mode of technology transfer – namely, overseas R&D – is influenced by the strength of intellectual property protection that host nations provide. Using data spanning the period 1977-2004, we find weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999351
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Bangladesh and Climate Change: Need for a Comprehensive Adaptive Strategy
eSocialSciences; Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD - 2008
The aim of this paper is to examine the effects climate change will have on Bangladesh and also gives some possible solutions for tackling climate change.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170198
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The Role of Technological Complexity and Absorptive Capacity in Internalization Decision
Grover, Arti - eSocialSciences - 2010
Technology transfer costs have a profound influence on the firm’s entry mode into a production sharing relationship. To explore this nexus, they associate technological complexity of the off-shored input with the organizational mode of international production sharing by extending the Antràs...
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The Effect of Direct Foreign Investment on Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data in Emerging Economies
Konings, Jozef - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of direct foreign investment (DFI) on the productivity performance of domestic firms in three emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. To this end a unique firm level panel data...
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Who’s Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Hagist, Christian - eSocialSciences - 2005
Government healthcare expenditures have been growing much more rapidly than GDP in OECD countries. For example, between 1970 and 2002 these expenditures grew 2.3 times faster than GDP in the U.S., 2.0 times faster than GDP in Germany, and 1.4 times faster than GDP in Japan. How much of...
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