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Structural modernization and development traps : an empirical approach
Lavopa A.; Szirmai A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
In this paper we analyse economic development through the lenses of a newly developed index the structural modernization index. This index combines two dimensions that have been widely invoked as prime drivers of economic development namely, structural change and technological catch up. For each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167035
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Global excellence at the expense of local relevance, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world
Barnard, Helena; Cowan, Robin; Muller, Moritz - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Do world-leading researchers from developing countries contribute to upgrading locally, or do they disengage from the local context? The paper investigates the scientific collaborations of university-based science and technology researchers in the database of the South African National Research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712221
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What Do We Learn From Schumpeterian Growth Theory?
Howitt, Peter; Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Schumpeterian growth theory has "operationalized" Schumpeter''s notion of creative destruction by developing models based on this concept. These models shed light on several aspects of the growth process which could not be properly addressed by alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951386
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Innovation and Productivity across Four European Countries
Griffith, Rachel; Huergo, Elena; MAIRESSE, Jacques; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain … and the UK using firm-level data from the internationally harmonized Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3). Despite a … still rare. We apply a structural model that describes the link between R&D expenditure, innovation output and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084604
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Information and intellectual property: The global challenges
Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856327
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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712149
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Thinking locally: Exploring the importance of a subsidiary-centered model of FDI-related spillovers in Brazil
Marin, Anabel; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper investigates FDI-related spillovers in Brazil for the period 1996-2005. In contrast to most previous recent studies, which have failed to identify any significant effects in emerging economies, we found that horizontal spillovers did arise in Brazil. However, they did not arise simply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712025
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Innovation and productivity
Hall, Bronwyn H. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
What do we know about the relationship between innovation and productivity among firms? The workhorse model of this … innovation are derived. The recent empirical evidence on the relationship between innovation and productivity in firms is then … surveyed. The conclusion is that there are substantial positive impacts of product innovation on revenue productivity, but that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712167
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Technological spillovers from multinational presence - Towards a conceptual framework
Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
This paper undertakes a critical review of existing spillover analyses and proposes a unique analytical framework for examining technological spillovers in a manufacturing industry setting. The proposed framework overlaps three different literature strands; cluster and network dynamics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856329
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Localized Innovation, Localized Diffusion and the Environment: An Analysis of CO2 Emission Reductions by Passenger Cars, 2000-2007
Los, Bart; Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
We investigate technological change with regard to CO2 emissions by passenger cars, using a Free Disposal Hull methodology to estimate technological frontiers. We have a sample of cars available in the UK market in the period 2000 – 2007. Our results show that the rates of technological change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712070