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Modern Biotechnology in New Zealand: Further Analysis of Data from the Biotechnology Survey 1998/99
Marsh, Dan - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2001
areas where New Zealand may be able to develop a new comparative advantage. One such area is biotechnology, which would …). This paper aims to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge of biotechnology and innovation processes in New Zealand. It is … based on the 1998/99 survey of modern biotechnology activity in New Zealand conducted by Statistics New Zealand in 2000. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634985
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Innovation systems framework: still useful in the new global context?
Iizuka, Michiko - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
The innovation systems approach has proven useful in explaining the reasons behind varying economic performance in developing countries. The systemic understanding of the innovation process, which pays attention to the knowledge flow among interactive actors, serves as a useful 'focusing device'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856441
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The Role of mediator organisations in the making of innovation systems in least developed countries. Evidence from Tanzania
Szogs, Astrid - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local actors in an innovation system in Tanzania. Specifically, the importance of a mediator organization to absorb and transfer knowledge from the foreign to the local sector is examined. The potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077270
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The paradox of high R&D input and low innovation output: Sweden
Bitard, Pierre; Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Rickne, … - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
This chapter takes its point of departure in the so-called Swedish paradox, according to which the Swedish NSI is plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this paradox is still in operation, i.e. the productivity or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077279
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The Widening and Deepening of Innovation Policy: What Conditions Provide for Effective Governance?
Borras, Susana - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2009
In relation to the gradual and steady introduction of the systemic perspective and of new public management techniques in innovation policy-making during the past decade, many countries in the developed and developing world have been substantially widening and deepening their innovation...
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Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on...
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The Choice of Innovation Policy Instruments
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The purpose of this article is to discuss the different types of instruments of innovation policy, to examine how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times have used these instruments differently, to explore the political nature of instrument choice and design...
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La politique d'innovation dans une économie de la connaissance
Kegels, Chantal - In: Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique XLVIII (2009) 1, pp. 151-159
Innovation is more and more a condition to long run economic growth. As innovation is a complex process based on multilateral exchanges between actors, efficient public intervention can improve this process. The objective of this paper is to present the current state of Belgian regional...
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Modes, Challenges and Outcomes of Nanotechnology Transfer - A Comparative Analysis University and Company Researchers
Palmberg, Christopher - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
Nanotechnology has been proposed as the next general purpose technology and engine for growth for the 21th century. Increasing public R&D investments are foremost reflected in the growth of scientific publications, while nanotechnology still is in an uncertain phase of development with various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818407
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Transferring Science-based Technologies to Industry - Does Nanotechnology Make a Difference?
Palmberg, Christopher; Pajarinen, Mika; Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
Nanotechnology has been touted as a general purpose technology (GPT) and engine of growth for the 21th century, following in the footsteps of ICT. Nanotechnology is still in an early phase of development, it is scientist driven and thus largely exogenous to the economy at present. In Finland the...
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