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Management of oil revenues: Has that of Azerbaijan been prudent?

Gurbanov, Sarvar; Nugent, Jeffrey B.; Mikayilov, Jeyhun - In: Economies 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-20

To help explain the common failure of oil or other natural resource exporting countries to diversify into industry, it has been common to trace this failure to real exchange rate appreciation. This has also been done in Azerbaijan. However, because Azerbaijan has devoted so much of its oil...

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Potential and partnerships in innovations in EU-funded research projects

Nepelski, Daniel; Piroli, Giuseppe - 2016

We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations … (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation funding programme for 2007-2013. Innovation potential is assessed … using a formal framework capturing three different dimensions: innovation readiness, management and market potential. Both …

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What are the prospects for Mozambique to diversify its economy on the back of "local content"?

Dietsche, Evelyn; Esteves, Ana Maria - 2018

In recent years, Mozambique has made international headlines for the significant hydrocarbon deposits found offshore. These have increased the country's extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector. It is expected that these industries will contribute...

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Industrial development in Asia: Trends in industrialization and industrial policy experiences of developing Asia

Chang, Ha-joon; Zach, Kiryl - 2018

Industrial transformation of Asia arguably constitutes the most surprising and dramatic change in the global economy in the last fifty years. This paper provides an outline of some of the most important trends of this development and analyses selected national industrial policies that promoted...

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Institutions and Asia's development: The role of norms and organizational power

Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2018

The role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal's Asian Drama, with later contributions from institutional economics and developmental state theory. Despite much progress, the dominant approaches do not agree about the institutions that matter nor do they...

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Designing an Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: A New Approach

Haeri, Ali; Arabmazar, Abbas - 2019

In this study, the prevalent methodology for design of the industrial policy in developing countries was critically assessed, and it was shown that the mechanism and content of classical method is fundamentally contradictory to the goals and components of the endogenous growth theories. This...

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Do we need national champions?: if so, do we need a champions-related industrial policy? ; an evolutionary perspective

Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007

This paper discusses the role of so-called national champions within the context of the EU's ambitious goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by 2010. We find football to be a useful analogy in our discussion of national champions. There are...

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Review of Strategies and Policies for Participation in Global Value Chains

Dutta, Sourish - 2024

This article reiterates the importance of understanding and addressing the strategic inquiries and potential responses in the context of global value chain (GVC) participation. Policymakers must address these crucial matters to engage in GVCs effectively. Governments aspiring to participate in...

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How do investment promotion policies affect sustainability?

Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; … - 2023

Sustainability has become an imperative. Understanding the effects of countries' policies thereon has therefore acquired vital importance. This is particularly the case with ubiquitous policies such as investment promotion. In this paper, we address this timely policy question from an...

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Cluster policy, innovation, and firm productivity: An econometric assessment of the Flemish Spearhead Cluster Program

Angelino, Pierluigi; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Volckaert, Astrid - 2024

member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the firm. We exploit firm … Flemish SHC policy on productivity. …

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