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Innovativity: A comparison across seven European countries

Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques; Dagenais, Marcel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Times of Global Economic Crisis: Spotlight on New Europe

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

This paper examines the potential impact of the economic crisis, which started in 2008, on the dynamics global foreign direct investment, especially in the new member states of the European Union. The global economic crisis that hit the world in 2008 has forced scholars and policy makers alike...

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Child deprivation in Ontario: A (less than perfect) comparison with Europe

Notten, Geranda - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

children in eight European high-income countries (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden … only compares child deprivation for Europe. For Ontario, however, deprivation information is available in the 2009 Ontario … report card methodology allows exploring how child deprivation in Ontario, and possibly Canada, compares to Europe. This …

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Internationalization of Chinese firms in Europe

Zhang, Ying; Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

quantitative overview of Chinese firms' alliances as well as M&As in Europe. To illustrate the optimal pattern of internalisation … of Chinese firms in Europe, we additionally use a case study of Chinese automotive manufacturer Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. …

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The Spatial Hierarchy of Technological Change and Economic Development in Europe

Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper discusses the possibility of a spatial hierarchy of innovation and growth dynamics in Europe. A spatial … components analysis are used to explore the possibility of a spatial hier-archy in Europe. The results point to a hierarchy … consisting of four groups: South Europe, East Europe, and two groups in West and North Europe. Growth and innovation performance …

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Financial Patenting in Europe

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Thoma, Grid; Torrisi, Salvatore - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

Trademark Office (USPTO), the number of financial patents in Europe has increased significantly in parallel with significant …

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European investment promotion agencies vis-à-vis multinational companies from emerging economies: Comparative analysis of BRIC investor targeting

Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

Multinational companies from emerging economies are becoming significant players in the globalized world economy. As the volume of foreign direct investment from emerging economies is rising, and emerging multinationals increasingly seek access to markets and assets in advanced developed...

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Developing internationally comparable indicators for the commercialization of publicly-funded research

Arundel, Anthony; Bordoy, Catalina - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

It is a common perception that European public-funded research fails to commercialize their discoveries, in contrast to the perceived success of their American counterparts. This resulted in policies aimed at improving the commercialization of European publicly-funded research, including the...

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A Brief History of Mobile Telecommunication in Europe

Dunnewijk, Theo; Hultén, Staffan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

Since the introduction of mobile telephony in the early fifties in Europe, US and Japan the demand for this service … systems in Europe are highlighted in this paper. Liberalisation of the telecom markets in Europe drove new entrants to the …

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