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Brilliant technologies and brave entrepreneurs : a new narrative for African manufacturing
Naudé, Wim - 2018
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called "brilliant" new technologies associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949049
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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs … manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct time periods of industrialization since 1990, and explain the nature of I4 …, Romania and Poland are the least ready of the CEECs. We make a number of recommendations. All the countries in the region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978455
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Industrialisation, innovation, inclusion
Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387177
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Entrepreneurship and economic development : theory, evidence and policy
Naudé, Wim - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774302
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Is the scholarly field of entrepreneurship at its end?
Naudé, Wim - 2024
break in the disruptiveness of entrepreneurship and business papers occurred around 1999. These results should not be taken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512260
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Is the Scholarly Field of Entrepreneurship at Its End?
Naudé, Wim - 2024
break in the disruptiveness of entrepreneurship and business papers occurred around 1999. These results should not be taken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534018
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884187
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The rise and fall of German innovation
Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2021
In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The …, interrelated explanations: (i) an innovation system locked into incremental innovation, (ii) a slowdown in the diffusion of … technology, (iii) weaknesses in the education system, and (iv) entrepreneurial stagnation. Implications for policy are noted. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012440279
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Artificial intelligence, jobs, inequality and productivity : does aggregate demand matter?
Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2018
Rapid technological progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has been predicted to lead to mass unemployment, rising inequality, and higher productivity growth through automation. In this paper we critically re-assess these predictions by (i) surveying the recent literature and (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951702