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-eco-innovation on firm performance. The paper provides insights into the role government regulation can play in directing and … performance of eco-innovation while a knowledge augmented production function is used to assess the impact of eco-innovation on … firm performance. Findings - The findings suggest that regulation and customer perception can explain a firm‟s decision to …
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bringing into being the type of workforce that is required to make use of leading-edge technology. On the other hand …, industrial development in the modern economy depends critically on human development, precisely because of modern technology … workforce with the high levels of education and skills required to make modern technology effective - instead of passing through …
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the changed role of urban spaces and the interaction between cultural activity and new technology. This paper is based on …
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, and largely concerned with scientific evidence of harm to human health and the environment. This contrasts with the public …. The paper shows how the debate over GM technology has been framed and reflects the broader tensions within society. First …
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, are to be found in the sphere of design, aesthetics, performance, and human self-expression and enjoyment. This last fact …
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Current changes in Latin America include the abandonment of the economic pattern of import substitution, a growing opening of the national economies, a continental wave of political democratization, an apparent economic recovery from the "lost decade" (the 1980s), a growing social polarization,...
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population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The role of technology in relation to the environmental impact of economic activity … of the human population; the nature and extent of the economy and technology. Past GDP growth rates combined with UN …
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Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology … and labor force. A propos of this, we suggest that because of its complexity, capital intensity and new work methods …, railway technology had a positive impact on human capital training in the cases studied. During the period when railways were …
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India's diversified and sophisticated manufacturing base contrasts strongly with the near complete absence of visible innovative capabilities. This article examines the Indian "National System of Innovation" in order to address the question of the evident distinction between the ability to make...
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should be given to liberalization of investment flows, higher technology cooperation, and cooperation in areas of education …
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