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Assessment of industrial performance and the relationship between skill, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan
Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
, upskilling, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan. Our findings are consistent with the stylized facts in the new … the positive complementary relationships between technology, skill and upskilling. Different from the Sudanese literature … skill indicators; between skill, upskilling, technology and input-output indicators and industrial performance indicators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712082
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Multinationals Endogenous Growth and Technological Spillovers: Theory and Evidence.
Baldwin, R.E.; Braconier, H.; Forslid, R. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
FDI has received surprisingly little attention in theoretical and empirical work on openness and growth. This paper presents a theoretical growth model where MNCs directly affect the endogenous growth rate via technological spillovers. This is novel since other endogenous growth models with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780388
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Diffusion of General Purpose Technologies.
Helpman, E.; Trajtenberg, M. - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University - 1996
The present paper deals with the diffusion of the General Purpose Technologies (GPT) over heterogeneous finanl-good sectors. We show that the gradual adoption of the GPT by each user sector generates a sequence of two-phased cycles, culminating in a "second wave" after all sectors adopt,they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005646866
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762377
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On the Sources of Convergence : A Close Look at the Spanish Regions.
de la Fuente, A - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 1996
The dominant view in the recent literature on regional convergence seems to be that the evolution of regional incomes in the industrial countries is characterized by very slow but absolute beta convergence. In this paper we challenge this view on the basis of an analysis of the Spanish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572230
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Research, higher education and innovation: redesigning multi-level governance within Europe in a period of crisis
Ritzen, Jo; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
In this paper we present a vision for the course Europe should take in its research and higher education policies in order to fully live up to the expectations of its citizens to provide a safe, comfortable, affluent and sustainable environment in this period of considerable financial restraint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856336
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Strategic Investment in Technology and Employment.
Perrez, J.C. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1996
technology firms invest less as competition intensifies. In a situation of unemployment output, employment and well being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669344
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Public Policies and Changing Boundaries of Firms in a "History Friendly" Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries.
Malerba, Franco; Nelson, Richard; Orsenigo, Luigi; … - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2007
In this paper, we explore the effects of alternative policies, ranging from antitrust to public procurement, open standards, information diffusion and basic research support on the dynamics of two vertically related industries in changing and uncertain technological and market environments. The...
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The Complexity of Production, Technological Volatility and Inter-Industry Differences in the Persistence of Profits Above the Norm
Auerswald, Philip E. - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2001
I present a model of industry dynamics resulting from competition between forward looking, heterogeneous firms that face three simultaneous challenges: learning in the process of production, competing against new entrants able to imitate best practice (albeit imperfectly), and enduring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537772
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Market Structure and the Timing of Technology Adoption with Network Externalities.
Choi, J.P. - Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences - 1996
waiting option for a newly emerging technology is not exercised enough. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005549169