"A detailed study of the development of the Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco (CHESF) which became the first mixed (private-state) enterprise in the energy sector. An entrepreneurial, market-oriented endeavor with minimal bureaucratic interference, CHESF not only served as a pioneer...

It is by now well known that return migration of the highly skilled can have a significant impact on knowledge-based development in the regions to which they return. Whereas previous research has mainly focussed on developing and newly industrializing countries this paper looks at high-skilled...