planning and implementation. The World Bank heralds both countries as prime examples of how market-friendly capitalist systems … Tunisia one of 5.1%. To put that in perspective, the World as-a-whole has grown at 2.0% per year and the United States at 1 … underlying causes of this consistently well above average growth in answering several key questions: What policies did the World …

catching up to the (world) efficiency standard given by foreign-owned firms; and the distance of the Russian firms to the … have not enabled domestic firms in either country to start catching up tothe world standard. …

Critics of globalization claim that U.S. manufacturing firms are being driven by the prospects of cheaper labor to …

Globalization bring opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging market economies to innovate and improve … their competitive position. Using recent data on firms in 27 transition economies, we test for the effects of globalization … account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation …

’s internal and external environment. This dissertation contributes to the entrepreneurship and innovation literatures by …

globalization, and housing finance. Few incoming students have had prior exposure to these topics. The first two-thirds of the … Good and Externality Theory in Practice; Location Theory and the Economic Rationale of Cities; Globalization, Trade and …

world are adopting new ways to identify their human capital and improve their economic productivity. The independent … by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute launched an effort in … Innovator Assistance Pilot ProgramSM. At the heart of this pilot program is the desire to advance productivity, innovation, and …

Growth launched its “Southern Innovation Initiative” noting that “The South’s competitiveness relies on establishing a … culture of innovation – the ability to continuously invent and bring high value products and processes to the global … marketplace. Technology is the primary tool for innovation.” Thus, the fundamental question for the 2006 policy research project …