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Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Anderson, Kym - 2016
1. Introduction and Summary -- 2. How Trade Can Boost Food Security -- 3. The Long History of Food Globalization -- 4. The Evolution of Food Trade Patterns since 1960 -- 5. Market-Distorting Policies: Long-Run Trends and Short-Run Insulation -- 6. Estimating Trade, Welfare, and Poverty Effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615668
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The Eurasian Wheat Belt and Food Security : Global and Regional Aspects
Gómez y Paloma, Sergio (ed.); Mary, Sébastien (ed.);  … - 2017
agricultural productivity is the “Eurasian wheat belt,” comprising of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Central Asian countries … Eurasian wheat belt -- Part II: The role of agricultural policies -- Agrarian reforms in Ukraine -- Outcomes of the agrarian … export -- Assessing the potential for Russian grain export: A special focus on the prospective cultivation of the abandoned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397118
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Zhongguancun Model: Driving the Dual Engines of Science & Technology and Capital
Dong, Xiaoying; Hu, Yanni; Yin, Weidong; Kuo, Estela - 2019
This book presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive interpretation of Zhongguancun, China’s first national self-dependent innovation demonstration zone. Explored in the book are examples of world-class, leading enterprises in fields, such as the Internet, big data, artificial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396025
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Foreign Investment in Rapidly Growing Countries : The Chinese and Indian Experiences
Kehal, Harbhajan S. (ed.) - 2005
China and India have both received a great amount of focus from the foreign investors. However, there are acute differences in the implementation of the economic reforms; China made rapid progress in the manufacture of high technology products, whilst India progressed in the development of high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054153
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High Technology, Productivity and Networks : A Systemic Approach to SME Development
Parrilli, Mario Davide (ed.); Bianchi, Patrizio (ed.);  … - 2008
Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competitors to existing SMEs. This book analyzes strategic aspects of SME development that may help to promote growth: high-tech development, productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054172
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China Cloud Rising : China's Journey Towards Technology Supremacy
Zhu, Jinzy - 2014
Cloud Evolution -- Cloudonomics -- Cloud Security -- Cloud Standards -- China Dreams -- Connecting the Possibilities -- Cloud Use Cases -- China Firsts -- Cloud in Motion -- Clouds of Change -- Cloud Factory -- The Art of Cloud Wars.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020410
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The Geography of Small Firm Innovation
Black, Grant (contributor) - 2005
The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of high-tech small firms. The book explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990s, by introducing a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014013934
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Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries : The Complexity of Coordination
Bauer, Johannes - 2012
Introduction -- Part I: Theories and Concepts of Innovation Policy -- Part II: National Systems of Innovation and High-tech Policies -- Part III: Sectoral Perspectives on Innovation Policy -- Part IV: Conclusions
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015660
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Developing Agricultural Trade : New Roles for Government in Poor Countries
Hubbard, Michael; Smith, Marisol; Ellis, Frank; Onumah, … - 2003
Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054403
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Governance for Structural Transformation in Africa
Elhiraika, Adam B. (ed.); Ibrahim, Gamal (ed.);  … - 2019
. Mannathoko -- 6. Can Export Promotion Agencies Stem the Deindustrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa? - Isaac Marcelin and Malokele …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397078