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Background: The paper examines the regional effects of a general innovation policy, i.e. a policy tool that does not target specific industries or subnational regions. General policy tools are an important part of the portfolio of innovation policy measures. However, there is a question over...
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Buenos Aires and Chicago grew during the nineteenth century for remarkably similar reasons. Both cities were conduits for moving meat and grain from fertile hinterlands to eastern markets. However, despite their initial similarities, Chicago was vastly more prosperous for most of the twentieth...
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, Competitiveness and Employment”, underlining the meaning of the European economy’s competitiveness in the new conditions, and the …
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This paper discusses the relationship between industrial development and environmental protection. The paper argues that human beings cannot solve the problems linked to the environment and the natural resources in a stagnant manner, nor can human beings achieve sustainable development in the...
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Purpose: Engineering is a powerful instrument for promoting the social and economic development of nations. Its enhancement is a strategic element to accelerate Brazil's progress. This paper aims to present a new perspective on the topic of "Engineering and Development in Brazil, Challenges and...
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Starting in 2001 the Government of Indonesia employed the Regional Autonomy Law, providing larger fiscal role to the … province and district governments. However, our understanding of its impacts on development in Indonesia is still limited. This … Indonesia has been institutionally anchored by the central government, particularly with the introduction of concurrent affairs …
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This paper uses the diamond model theory as the basic research perspective to explore how the upstream and downstream industrial chains of cotton in Xinjiang can escape from the constraints of reality and how their resource endowments can be transformed into competitive advantages. This paper...
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Based on longitudinal information from two waves of the Indonesian Family and Life Survey (IFLS) in 2000 and 2007, we find evidence that migrants are self-selected along higher individual aspirations acquired (or, inherited) before migration. About 70 per cent of aspiration differentials can be...
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