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Technologie, Lernexternalitäten und Ungleichentwicklung: Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften
Andrä, Jan - 2011
Die Dissertation befasst sich mit Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften. Im Grundmodell werden Einkommensunterschiede der Länder durch verschiedene Lernexternalitäten ausgelöst. Arbeitsteilung im internationalen Handel verfestigt die Ungleichentwicklung. Das Aufkommen neuer Technologien...
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Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm
Benkler, Yochai - 2002
From Introduction:"The emergence of free software and the phenomenal success of its flagships - the GNU/Linux operating system, the Apache web server, Perl, sendmail, BIND - and many other projects should force us to take a second look at the dominant paradigm we hold about productivity. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468347
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Incubators as tool for entrepreneurship promotion in developing countries
Akçomak, Semih - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on incubators in developed and developing countries. We show that the concept of incubators has evolved in time according to market and firm needs. Contemporary successful incubators are profit oriented; provide a wide range of services; focus more on intangible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475834
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Technology capital: the price of admission to the growth club.
Evenson, Robert E.; Fuglie, Keith O. - 2010
relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we … employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth. For technology capital we … countries. We then correlate technology capital levels with long-term growth rates in agricultural TFP. Our findings show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429506
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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells
Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010
Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...
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The impact of trade-related investment measures in developing countries
Zhang, Jian - 2003
countries through increases in R&D and technology transfer in the short run. However, in the long run, increased LCRs will … technology adapting sector, while decreasing these inputs and relative wages for manufacturing sectors. Finally, the third essay …
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The political economy of water and sanitation in developing countries : cross-country evidence and a case study on Colombia
Krause, Matthias - 2007
Advances in human development are closely linked to increasing access to water and sanitation services in developing countries. The present study investigates the role of governance for mastering this challenge. The motivation for choosing this subject is the insight that the focus on...
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Four Essays on University Economics
Hein, Miriam - 2008
This dissertation is a collection of four research papers written during my doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz between October 2004 and November 2008. These papers are empirical studies dealing with different aspects in the field of university economics. The focus of the first two...
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
Die Arbeit untersucht die Anwendbarkeit des HarrisTodaro Modells für Land-Stadt-Migrations-Prozesse inEntwicklungsländern. Dabei geht es nicht nur um das Basismodel,sondern auch um die Modell-Erweiterungen, die internationalenHandel, einen städtischen informellen Sektor und die Aspekte...
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