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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
This article examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325306
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Innovation at the World Bank: Selective perspectives over three decades 1975 - 2005
Grawe, Roger - 2013
The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices. Based on his thirty … Bank focusing on dominant development paradigms, client and stakeholder relationships and the organization's operational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333703
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PhD by Publication as an Argument for Innovation and Technology Transfer: with Emphasis on Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …
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Innovation, competition and productivity: Firm level evidence for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Peneder, Michael - 2016
We investigate the drivers of firm level productivity in catching-up economies by jointly estimating its relationship to innovation and competition using data from the EBRD-WB Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The findings confirm...
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Advancing a global transition to clean energy: The role of international cooperation
Quitzow, Rainer; Thielges, Sonja; Goldthau, Andreas; … - 2019
. Official development assistance (ODA) in the energy sector is increasingly being directed to renewable energy sources. Despite … these promising developments, it is widely acknowledged that investment towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012348
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Considerations on European Policy of Research, Development, Innovation. Case of Romania
Lazar, Roxana Elena - In: CES Working Papers 3 (2011) 2, pp. 268-276
The evolution of the European policy in the field of research, development, innovation reflects the maturity process of …, development, innovation the differences between the European Union Member States have to be reduced, before attempting to catch up …
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Capabilities accumulation and development: What history tells the theory
Dosi, Giovanni; Yu, Xiaodan - 2018
In this contribution we offer a broad overview of the technological, institutional and policy dynamics associated with the great transformation - borrowing Karl Polanyi (1944) expression - leading from traditional, mostly rural, economies to economies driven by industrial activities (and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060643
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Sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária e inovação em gestão: Estudos de casos no Mato Grosso
Gasparini, Liz Vanessa Lupi; Costa, Thayane Souza; … - 2017
Population growth and greater social pressure in relation to sustainability will require greater agricultural production with less environmental impact. This research aims to evaluate the process of technological innovation and integrated systems of sustainable production. The multi-case study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818870
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Research Activity in the Czech and Slovak Regions
Žítek, Vladimír; Klímová, Viktorie - 2016
Research and development represent an important source for the introduction of new innovation, in particular technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011920355
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How Students as Consumers Learn Information about New Products
Šišara, Jelena; Goleš, Divna - 2017
The importance of understanding how consumers gather and evaluate information about the new products is essential for providers. This paper considers the student population as consumers and attempt to determine where students as consumers learn information about new products and their attitudes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011920390