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Northern Star; Canada's Path to Economic Prosperity
Klyuev, Vladimir; Mühleisen, Martin; Bayoumi, Tamim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account surpluses -- it's a record to be envied. These outcomes in Canada owe much to sound macroeconomic policies, as well as to a favorable external environment. This book focuses on these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245903
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What Are the Potential Economic Benefits of Enlarging the Gulf Cooperation Council?
Elekdag, Selim; Chami, Saade; Tchakarov, Ivan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper uses a variant of the IMF's Global Economy Model (GEM) to estimate the macroeconomic effects of Yemen's full accession into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). After calibrating the model to Yemen and the GCC countries, several simulations were carried out to estimate the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768829
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China'S Integration Into the World Economy; Implications for Developing Countries
Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605423
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The Endogenous Skill Bias of Technical Change and Inequality in Developing Countries
Behar, Alberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper draws on existing empirical literature and an original theoretical model to argue that globalization and skill supply affect the extent to which technology adoption in developing countries favors skilled workers. Developing countries are experiencing technical change that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790338
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Some Implications Of Endogenous Technological Change For Technology Policies In Developing Countries
Lipsey, Richard - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 11 (2002) 4-5, pp. 321-351
economic growth and technological change. Neoclassical theory gives policy advice that is assumed to be relevant for all … countries at all times: remove sources of 'market failures'. Romer's branch of new macro growth theory stresses the nature of … knowledge, non-rivalrous and partly appropriable. Structuralist-evolutionary theory is micro based and stresses the uncertainty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009200540
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Technologietransfer durch Unternehmensgründungen: Was man tun und realistischerweise erwarten kann
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2004
Die Gründung eines innovativen Unternehmens stellt eine Form der kommerziellen Verwer-tung von Wissen dar. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über Ausmaß von Gründungen in wis-sensintensiven bzw. innovativen Branchen und deren Entwicklung. Da die Gründung eines Unternehmens wesentlich durch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207066
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Task force: development policy and strategies in East Asia by the case of chinese environment policy
Heberer, Thomas; Senz, Anja-Désirée - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2009
This report approaches current domains of development and tension within China. It was elaborated by students in the frame of a 'Task Force Seminar' in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It addresses the issues of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682593
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Technology Transfer Within Multinational Firms and Its Impact on the Productivity of Scottish Subsidiaries
Siler, Pamela; Wang, Chengqi; Liu, Xiaming - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 1, pp. 15-25
X. (2003) Technologietransfer in multinationalen Firmen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Produktionsleistung schottischer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005278673
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Generation and diffusion of agricultural technology: a review of theories and experiences.
SD, Biggs; EJ, Clay - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, literature survey of theories and experience relating to technology transfer, generation and diffusion of agricultural technology - covers modernization, factor endowments, income distribution, dependence relations, agricultural research, agricultural extension...
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The evolving state-of-the-art in technology transfer research: Revisiting the contingent effectiveness model
Bozeman, Barry; Rimes, Heather; Youtie, Jan - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 1, pp. 34-49
The purpose of our study is to review and synthesize the rapidly evolving literature on technology transfer effectiveness. Our paper provides a lens into relatively recent work, focusing particularly on empirical studies of US technology transfer conducted within the last 15 years. In doing so,...
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