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This paper examines the economic determinants and impacts of agricultural research, particularly biotechnology research …, with a view to understanding the potential of agricultural biotechnology to address the needs of the poor in developing … revolution, agricultural biotechnology research is primarily being conducted by private firms in industrialized countries to …
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by private firms based in industrialized countries. The dominance of the private sector in biotechnology research and … benefit from biotechnology either because it is not available or is too expensive. This paper examines the consequences of the … emergence of a few large companies as the leaders in the commercialization of biotechnology and analyses a number of concerns …
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specializing in biotechnology. A feature of these biotechnology incubators is that they were not confined to established life … an in-depth case study of one of these biotechnology incubators. It provides insights into the contribution of incubators … to the development of the biotechnology sector in the regions outside the ‘golden triangle’ (Mueller et al., 2012 …
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This study investigates the adoption of technological innovation in a least-developed economy: Lao People's Democratic Republic. World Bank Survey data encompassing nearly 380 enterprises from 2009 and 2012 were used to analyze the effects of collaboration between smaller domestic firms and...
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Different resources are necessary in the new, product-oriented agricultural environment. This article explores the question of what information is best suited for strategic analysis and strategy formulation for firms involved in product-oriented agriculture. This article will draw upon...
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economic development in Malaysia, 1973 to 1983 - outlines trends in gross domestic product, balance of payments, trade and …
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on activities and training programmes of the national youth organization in Malaysia …
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This paper briefly reviews six decades of Malaysia's economic development strategy, which may be described as bounded … industrial policy that favors export-led growth. The objective of the current Tenth Malaysia Plan (2011–2015) is to achieve high … suggests that Malaysia satisfies the necessary, although not necessarily the sufficient, conditions to achieve this goal. …
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In this study, we try to elucidate the middle-income trap from the viewpoint of international trade. We conduct regression analyses on the relationship between income level and net export ratios for different types of goods for trapped and non-trapped samples separately. Our findings indicate...
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This paper aims to test the relationship between export and economic growth in the Malaysian economy from 1960 to 2005. Combining production function, and international trade and development theories, a five variable model is specified and estimated by using cointegration tests and error...
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