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Organic Rural Innovation Systems and Networks: Findings From a Study of Ethiopian Smallholders
Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
innovation. This paper examines Ethiopia’s smallholder agricultural sector from an innovation systems perspective to understand … uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research tools to paint a picture of the innovation landscape at both … innovation networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068429
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Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders
Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation … smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector … that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks." from Author …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038103
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The Political Economy of Law and Economic Development in Islamic History
Cosgel, Metin - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2012
There appear to be two seemingly contradictory images of law and economic change in the Islamic world. Whereas some scholars have viewed Islamic societies as rigid and incapable of adapting to a changing environment, others have held the opposite image of Islamic societies as flexible, quick to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888326
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Guns and Books: Legitimacy, Revolt and Technological Change in the Ottoman Empire
Cosgel, Metin; Miceli, Thomas; Rubin, Jared - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2009
New technologies have not always been greeted with great enthusiasm. Although the Ottomans were quick to adopt advancements in military technology, they waited for almost three hundred years to allow the first book to be printed in Arabic script. We explain differential reaction to technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005746084
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Determinants of Foreign Technological Activity in German Regions – A Count Model Analysis of Transnational Patents (1996-2009)
Dettmann, Eva; Lacasa, Iciar Dominguez; Günther, Jutta; … - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants of spatial distribution of foreign technological activity across 96 German regions (1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the ‘cross-border-ownership concept’ to transnational patent applications. The descriptive analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857344
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Determinants of foreign technological activity in German regions - a count model analysis of transnational patents (1996-2009)
Dettmann, Eva; Lacasa, Iciar Dominguez; Guenther, Jutta; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants of spatial distribution of foreign technological activity across 96 German regions (1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the ‘cross-border-ownership concept’ to transnational patent applications. The descriptive analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698391