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The Role of Small Firms in China's Technology Development
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Ping, He; Qian, Jinchang - 2007
Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320084
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development: Evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; … - 2017
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that landed elites may block technological change and economic development if they fear that they will lose future political power (Acemoglu and Robinson (2002, 2006, and 2012). It exploits a plausible exogenous change in the distribution of political...
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How important are ICT and R&D investments for value added in the Swedish business sector?
Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - 2015
Since the mid-1990s value added has grown faster in the Swedish business sector than in the business sector of most other OECD countries. We investigate the association between ICT and R&D capital and value added in the Swedish non-farm business sector. By estimating neoclassical production...
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Does Hedonic Price Indexing Change Our Interpretation of Economic History? Evidence from Swedish Electrification
Edquist, Harald - 2008
Rapid price decreases for ICT-products in the 1990s have been largely attributed to the introduction of hedonic price indexes. Would hedonic price indexing also have large effects on measured price and productivity during other technological breakthroughs? This paper investigates the impact of...
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Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth
Henrekson, Magnus; Edquist, Harald - 2006
the new technology is emphasized. A major finding for all breakthroughs is that there is a long lag from the time of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320097
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Technology Development and Job Creation in China
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Ping, He; Qian, Jinchang - 2007
This paper examines how Science and Technology (S&T) contribute to job creation in the Chinese manufacturing sector … building have placed Science and Technology (S&T) high on the Chinese policy agenda. At the same time, the need for job …. S&T can be expected to have both positive and negative effects on employment. For instance, new technology might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320136
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Intangible Investment and the Swedish Manufacturing and Service Sector Paradox
Edquist, Harald - 2011
Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU-countries. While productivity growth has been rapid in manufacturing, it has been much slower in the service sector. Paradoxically, all employment growth since the mid 1990s has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320312
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Perspectives on the Success and Early History of the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IUI)
Henrekson, Magnus - 2009
The Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research (IUI) was founded in 1939. In less than ten years, IUI grew from a small survey bureau to a leading research institute focused on microeconomic research relevant to industrial development. Based on a number of new commemorative essays and...
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Is the Elephant Stepping on its Trunk? The Problem of India's Unbalanced Growth
Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2008
It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … together. A big-push type of model, featuring linkages between firms, demand spill-over, and technology choice is elaborated …. By imposing different cost structures on the manufacturing and high-technology industries the model describes outcome in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320358
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Intangible Investment and the Swedish Manufacturing and Service Sector Paradox
Edquist, Harald Olof - 2012
Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU-countries. While productivity growth has been rapid in manufacturing, it has been much slower in the service sector. Paradoxically, all employment growth since the mid 1990s has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106995