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Research and Technological Innovation : The Challenge for a New Europe
Quadrio Curzio, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2005
To explain the importance of scientific research and technological innovation for industrial countries and in … a historical and theoretical perspective on scientific-technological innovation and its importance for industrial growth …Explains the importance of scientific research and technological innovation for industrial countries and in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014163
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European transition at twenty : assessing progress in countries and sectors
Berglöf, Erik; Bruynooghe, Lise; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2010
This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial practices; and assesses transition progress at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663081
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Innovation, Democracy and Efficiency : Exploring the Innovation Puzzle within the European Union’s Regional Development Policies
Grillo, Francesco - 2016
of industrial policies towards innovation. In line with this trend, the European Union significantly increased its … economic growth. Regional innovation policies display divergent returns according to different institutional conditions and … results show that better performing innovation strategies require the following factors: clear choices of locally congruent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397552
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Finance, Research, Education and Growth
Paganetto, Luigi (ed.); Phelps, Edmund S. (ed.) - 2003
A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment and finance is beneficial to growth and development. Received wisdom is that Research and Development is essential not only for maintaining productivity, but also for competing in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054367
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Global trends in the political economy of smart grids : a tailored perspective on 'smart' for grids in transition
Eid, Cherrelle; Hakvoort, Rudi; Jong, W. Martin de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The global transition towards sustainable, secure, and affordable electricity supply is driving changes in the consumption, production, and transportation of electricity. This paper shows the different policy aims that are promoted with smart grids in Europe, the United States, and China. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449097
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Industries without smokestacks : telecommunication and ICT-based services trade
Frischtak, Cláudio R. - 2017
This paper provides a basic understanding of the nature of emerging key information and communication technologies, and establishes the distance of countries from high-quality access to the internet - the necessary threshold one needs to cross in order to make use of such technologies. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588874
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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020
In this paper, we analyse the relationship between China's structural transformation and the inclusiveness of its economic growth. China's economy has undergone significant structural changes since it initiated the economic reforms in 1978. Economic activities have shifted from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181039
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Does lack of innovation and absorptive capacity retard economic growth in Africa?
Onyeiwu, Steve - 2011
government and political stability are important for the growth performance of African countries. -- growth ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908332
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Learning from Asia's success beyond simplistic 'lesson-making'
Hobday, Michael - 2011
Asian ones. Development ultimately requires, as it did across Asia, significant innovation and creativity in business … organization, technology, wider institutional structures, and government policies. -- Asia ; innovation ; lessons ; economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261012
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Drones and the Creative Industry : Innovative Strategies for European SMEs
Santamarina-Campos, Virginia (ed.);  … - 2018
-- Financing Tech-Transfer and Innovation: An Application to the Creative Industries -- Successful Cases of the Use of Innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395895