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the national system of agricultural innovation in Brazil, the study shows the dynamic of technological development related … science into technological innovation. Finally, different policies to promote technological innovation are discussed. …
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This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agricultural technology in Ghana. We use unique data on farmers' communication patterns to define each individual's information neighborhood, the set of others from whom he might learn. Our empirical strategy is to...
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, which only holds in the long-term but not in the short-term. Further, we find support for a moderating effect of innovation … in the long-term, innovation mediates the ESP-CFP relationship suggesting that innovation should be considered as a long …
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We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
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impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to …
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size composition of firms changes, how innovation patterns (patents) change, as well as locational decisions of firms (NJ … observation, and that the growth advantage of small pharma firms increases after the 1980's as the process of innovation becomes … more guided and scale intensive and as small firm innovation becomes more persistent. Furthermore, at the end of the 1970's …
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Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation … innovation-related firm characteristics. The paper confirms a substitutive relationship between acquisitions and own research …
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How are Asian countries preparing children to have skills-including creativity, innovation, and technical capability … education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries … are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via …
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Because a significant portion of U.S. students lacks critical mathematic skills, schools across the country are investing heavily in computerized curriculums as a way to enhance education output, even though there is surprisingly little evidence that they actually improve student achievement. In...
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