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The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge and Global Health - Working Paper 252

Casabonne, Ursula; Kenny, Charles - 2011

The health of the world’s population—including those in the poorest countries—has improved more in the past 100 years than ever before. The improvement is largely a result of the development and spread of cheap, effective technologies (such as vaccines). Other factors, such as national...

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Cash at Your Fingertips: Biometric Technology for Transfers in Developing and Resource-Rich Countries - Working Paper 253

Gelb, Alan; Decker, Caroline - 2011

Cash transfers are often a good way for developing countries to address economic and social problems. They are less expensive than directly providing goods and services and allow recipients the flexibility to spend on what they need the most, but for many developing countries, the technical...

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Technological Infrastructure and the Implementation of Technological Strategies

Weiss, Andrew R.; Birnbaum, Philip H. - In: Management Science 35 (1989) 8, pp. 1014-1026

Technological change is an important strategic problem for many enterprises. Effectively implementing the technological aspects of a firm's strategy requires an understanding of the nature of the external infrastructure which supports technological change and the strategic capability to...

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Erratum to "The Adoption Time Period for Some Transportation Innovations"

Ettlie, John E. - In: Management Science 26 (1980) 12, pp. 1285-1286

Erratum to the author's paper "The Adoption Time Period for Some Transportation Innovations," Management Sci., Vol. 25, No. 5 (1979), pp. 429--443.

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Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Innovation Policy Design and Implementation in Chile: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development of OECD and Science a...

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010

This document has been elaborated by the OECD and the IADB with the support and collaboration of the CNIC. The document is part of an effort of the CNIC to support the dynamics of innovation policy making in Chile on the basis of international good practices and peer review mechanisms. The...

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A Report on the Canada - Caribbean Diasporas and Development Conference Series

Americas, Canadian Foundation for the - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010

Communications Technology usage. Survey on Remittance flows from Canada to Jamaica and to Haiti and dissemination of the results to …

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Economic performance and technological intensities of electronics firms in Johor: Does size matter?

Rasiah, Rajah; Malakolunthu, Asokkumar - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 47-66

accounted for this difference against SMEs supplying large firms in Johor and Singapore. Process technology intensities are high …

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Technology and Trade - an analysis of technology specialization and export flows

Martin, Andersson; Ejermo, Olof - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

This paper examines how technology specialization, measured by citations-weighted patents, affects trade flows. The … paper analyzes (i) the relationship between technology specialization and export specialization across regions and (ii) how … the technology specialization of origin and destination affect the size and structure of link-specific export flows. We …

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Manufacturing employment and exchange rates in the Portuguese economy: the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity

Alexandre, Fernando; Bação, Pedro; Cerejeira, João; … - Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), … - 2010

Integration into the world economy, specialization in low-technology sectors and labour market rigidity have been … this paper, we explore empirically the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity in the determination of the … effect of the exchange rate on the dynamics of employment in Portugal. Our estimates indicate that employment in low-technology …

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Organizations and Trade

Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - In: Annual Review of Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 43-64

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modeling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

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