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Agri-Technologies and Travelling Facts: A Case Study of Extension Education in Tamil Nadu, India
Howlett, Peter; Velkar, Aashish - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
education program inTamil Nadu, south India. The paper explores the extent to whichfertigation technologies (drip irrigation … relativelyexpensive technology, but also fostering cooperative behaviour andimproving individual bargaining power through the formation of … localfarmers associations. This model of an extension education had anstrong demonstration effect that encouraged the travel of …
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Risiko Geothermie interessiert
Holenstein, Matthias; Lätsch, Jacqueline - 2008
Das Interesse an ausgewogener Information und einem Austausch zu Risikothemen istgross. Dies zeigte sich auch im Basler Geothermieprojekt. Die ausgelösten Erschütterungenhaben im Dezember 2006 die Region Basel bewegt und das Projekt abrupt gestoppt.In ergebnisoffenen Dialogen kamen Basler...
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The effects of technological asymmetries on strategic foreign direct investment location
Guariglia, Alessandra; Mukherje, Arijit; Suetrong, Kullapat - chool of Economics <Nottingham> - 2006
We consider the plant location decision of a multinational, which has the option to invest in a more or aless technologically advanced country. We find that in the absence of exporting by the local firms, themultinational will invest in the country lagging behind, unless the firms in that...
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The Employment Effects of Innovationsin High-Tech Industries
Coad, Alexander; Rao, Rekha - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2007
The issue of technological unemployment receives perennial popular attention. Althoughthere are previous empirical investigations that have focused on the relationship between innovationand employment, the originality of our approach lies in our choice of method. We focus onfour 2-digit...
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Technology Market Intermediaries to Facilitate External Technology Exploitation - The Case of IP Auctions
Tietze, Frank - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2008
Recently the phenomena of external technology exploitation (ETE) has startet to attract from scholars, business and … politicians likewise alongside with a growth of markets for technology. However, the makets for technology are still characterized …
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Technology and Economic Theory
Metcalfe, John S. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009
Technology and technological change play a central role in economics, whether in the theory of resource allocation or … in the theory of growth and development. Yet the nature of technology is largely ignored in economic theory, it being … considered sufficient to treat technology as a constraint on productive opportunities. This short essay delves a little deeper …
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Das Internet der Dinge
Krcmar, Helmut; Leimeister, Jan Marco - Institut für Informatik <München, Technische … - 2005
Die Geduld mit neuen Technologien scheint sich gewandelt zu haben: Schon scheint bei Radio Frequently Identification (RFID) gemutmaßt, der Trend sei wieder vorbei. Dabei hat er noch gar nicht richtig begonnen. Über eine Technologie mit Aussicht auf eine erfolgreiche Zukunft.[...]
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Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurshipin der Schweiz – eine Standortbestimmung
Mohr, Thomas - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2004
Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship haben in den letzten Jahren an Bedeutung für dasWirtschaftswachstum gewonnen. Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Wachstumsschwäche derschweizerischen Volkswirtschaft wird in dieser Arbeit die Schweiz bezüglich der genannten Faktorenuntersucht. Ein...
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Reverse Knowledge Transfer betweenCommercial Markets and DefenseTechnology: The Case of AdvancedMaterials and Gas Turbines
Gerybadze, Alexander; Stephan, Michael - Forschungsstelle Internationales Management und … - 2006
The following paper explores the dynamics of the innovation process for new materials andanalyzes the interplay between military and civil applications in fostering research andtechnological advance in this particular field. Advanced materials R&D has been a focus areafor governments in North...
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A note on successive oligopoliesand vertical mergers
Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold; Zanaj, Skerdilajda - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2007
In this paper we analyze how the technology used by downstream firms can influence inputand output market prices. We … show via an example that both these prices increase under adecreasing returns technology while the contrary holds when the … technology is constant.... …
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