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historical and empirical evidence on the relation between spatial competition, craft guilds and innovation, and (ii) by showing …
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We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual …-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct risk-sharing institutions - even those providing the same level of insurance - can lead to … different growth trajectories if they differently motivate risk-taking. Historically, risk sharing institutions were selected …
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We analyze diversification of boundaries of local firms in developing countries under the economic globalization. The globalization has an aspect of homogenization of the world economy, but also has another aspect of diversification through international economic activities. Focusing on...
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We examine the effects of China's 2009-2010 stimulus package for innovation differentials between state-owned firms … roughly 45 percent of all positive effects of state-ownership for innovation. Institutional support produces larger SOE …-POE innovation differentials among firms in strategic sectors and located in high-marketization provinces, and for centrally …
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Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises – more so in domestically owned...
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Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) - technology produced by workers but not embodied in them - can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises - more so in domestically owned than in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224593
This paper tries to analyse some important and present aspects of the European Union situation in the innovation … been for many years behind USA and Japan and before China, from the point of view of innovation performances, the … interaction of the two economic fields: innovation (and of course research and development) and high-tech products trade …
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Over the last century and a half, global technological leadership has shifted from Great Britain to the United States. In this paper we argue that China is positioning itself to assume global leadership in technology within the coming few decades. We identify three sources of competitive...
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liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …
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Innovation plays a key role in economic growth. In this paper, we investigate the effects of intermediate input tariff … reduction on the innovation activities of domestic firms. Input tariff reduction has two opposite effects on the innovation … decision of a firm: it may promote innovation because the cost of innovation activities decreases, but it may also result in a …
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