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Technology Convergence and Digital Divides. A Country-Level Evidence for the Period 2000-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2015
The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147305
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Business Groups, Innovation and Institutional Voids in Latin America
Fulvio, Castellacci - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
-specific institutional factors – financial, legal, and labor market institutions – affect the group-innovation relationship. The empirical …, GAFs are more innovative than SAFs: we estimate the innovation propensity of GAFs to be 9% higher than that of SAFs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260711
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Effects of innovation on employment in Latin America
Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth across four Latin American … countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation surveys. Specifically, we relate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644922
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Innovation surveys in Latin America: a primer
Castellacci, Fulvio; Natera, Jose Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Innovation Surveys in Latin American started more than ten years ago. As of today, 15 Latin American countries have … carried out a total of 46 innovation surveys, and Latin America does now stand out as the region with the most active … innovation survey data production within the developing world. This short article provides a primer to innovation surveys in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111060
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An endogenous growth model with quality ladders and consumers’ heterogeneity
Marasco, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This paper develops an endogenous growth model with quality ladders where consumers heterogeneity is assumed and is modelled through non homothetic preferences. We show that in such a model, unlike mainstream quality ladders models, the steady state equilibrium is characterised by a duopoly were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837179
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Learning and Corporate Strategy: The Dynamic Evolution of the North American Pulp and Paper Industry, 1860-1960
Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
forces of change, such as innovation, corporate strategies, industrial relocation, and policy. As distinct branches of the … pulp and paper industry passed from the early nascent phase to full maturity, the sources of innovation, nature of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061692
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Einflussfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie: Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Expertenbefragung
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991
Das vorliegende Arbeitspapler fasst die Ergebnisse einer im Sommer 1988 durchgeführten schriftlichen Expertenbefragung zu den Bestimmunsfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie zusammen. Von den 940 beragten Untemehmungen haben 358 Oder ca. 40% geantwortet; sie waren in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685027
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Innovaciones financieras en América Latina: mercados de derivados y determinantes de la administración de riesgo
Ibañez, Francisco; Romero-Meza, Rafael; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper is aimed at examining the theoretical determinants and empirical evidence on the use of derivatives in Latin America for risk management. The contingent claims, the development of their market, and their use, is undoubtedly one of the most powerful financial innovations available to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210477
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The Day �of� The� Week Effect in the Colombia Stock Exchange
Gallego, Oscar D - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This study investigates the existence of day of the week effects on stock returns in the Colombian Stock Exchange (CSE) for the period between June 2001 and March 2005. The Bogotá Stock Exchange was established in 1928. However, the two other main bourses in the country merged with this in 2001...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259010
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Applied economic model for an innovation growth
Josheski, Dushko; Magdinceva-Sopova, Marija - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The issue of institutional support for innovations in Latin American countries has been examined in this paper. We use aprirori theoretical knowledge on this issue in order to derive one econometric model out of a theoretical framework. The influence on human capital variable on innovations...
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