Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 180
Cover Image
Consumer behaviour: evolution of preferences and the search for novelty
Garcia-Torres, Abraham - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
Evolution of consumers' preferences has been recognized by many scholars as being key to understanding technological change. However, mainstream economics cannot account for the seemingly irrational behavior of consumers based on changes in taste – consumer theory lacks exibility and accuracy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712031
Cover Image
Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?
Mohnen, Pierre; Bérubé, Charles - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
innovations and were more successful in commercializing their innovations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712063
Cover Image
Leadership-driven innovation & evolution of societies
Coccia M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
radical innovations and high technological performances. The study here confronts this problem by developing a theoretical … competition for the hegemony, tend to generate several inventions and radical innovations that are spread, in the long run, across … of the sources of path-breaking innovations based on a leadership of main economic subjects that support innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103314
Cover Image
Evolutionary convergence of the patterns of international research collaborations across scientific fields
Wang L.; Coccia M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015
Frame and Carpenter 1979 analysed the pattern of international research collaboration among scientific fields in 1970s. Starting from this pioneering work, this paper investigates international collaborations over 1997-2012 and compares the critical results with earlier studies to detect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207929
Cover Image
Foreign direct investment and firm level productivity - A panel data analysis
Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
broader approach with particular emphasis on technological innovations which takes into consideration learning, capability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712204
Cover Image
Institutions and economic growth: Summary and synthesis
Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This paper provides a review and synthesis of the findings of the second phase of a research project on institutions and long-run economic performance. It discusses research findings in five areas, namely (1) the relationship between institutional characteristics and the duration of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856310
Cover Image
Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth - Lessons from the Indian Software Sector
Athreye, Suma - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied these predictions. This paper argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856323
Cover Image
Transition to knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper discusses the progress in transition to knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia. As for the methodology, this paper uses updated secondary data obtained from different sources. It uses both descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the OECD definition of knowledge-based economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856325
Cover Image
Overview of the knowledge economy in the Arab region
Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This paper employs both the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the definition of knowledge and knowledge indicators used in the literature to examine the existence and development of the knowledge economy in the Arab region. We fill the gap in the Arab literature and present a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856365
Cover Image
Poor trends - The pace of poverty reduction after the Millennium Development Agenda
de, Crombrugghe D.P.I.; Szirmai A.; R, Bluhm - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
We review the origins of the dollar-a-day poverty line, discuss historical poverty and inequality trends, and forecast poverty rates until 2030 using a new fractional response approach. Three findings stand out. First, global poverty reduction since 1981 has been rapid but regional trends are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856426