The primary focus of this paper is the impact of knowledge creation and innovative activity on non-farm employment growth. Non-farm employment growth is modeled in a stylized model where new knowledge and local economic externalities are key factors driving technology growth. For our empirical...

It is very important to work with data, information and knowledge correctly, when a decision model is used as a support for managerial decision-making. Unfortunately, these terms are understood differently in various branches; particularly, the definitions of knowledge are very different. It...

This paper examines two models of interaction between private and public institutions in respectto the process of innovation. While private firms adopt proactive strategies and public institutionsfollow it is considered that, under certain conditions, public institutions are theinnovator and...

The aim of this work has been to inquire into possible connections between competitive strategiesand inclination to innovation, through an analysis of a sample of Italian agri-food enterprisesbehaviours. Particularly, some firm’s innovation strategies have been analysed, inquiringinto a set of...

The goal of this study is to investigate the price relationship of EU biofuel market with other main markets inboth horizontal level and vertical level. We first carry out Granger causality between ethanol price of EU,USA and Brazil. Secondly, we use vecto error cointegration Mechnism (VECM) to...

The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and home consumption of cassava. Some studies...

Effective socio-economic service delivery is vital for alleviating poverty in developing countries.Increased financial support without complementary investment in service delivery mechanisms oftenresults in little or no impact. This paper contributes to the discussion on how to maximize the...

This paper examines the effect of foreign intellectual property right (IPR) systems and the policies that comprise them on U.S. exports of biotechnology related agricultural input industries. Policy components include the extent of patent coverage across industry sectors, enforcement mechanisms,...

The paper considers the econometric modeling of technology adoption when crop choice is simultaneous. Bivariate probit is used to estimate a model of irrigation technology choice and land allocation using a unique field-level data set from California's Central Valley. Special attention is paid...

The central objective of the present paper is to examine how university bioscientists select their research agendas, with special attention to biotechnology firms' influence on those agendas. Among other issues, we will assess UIRs' potential effects on the private appropriability of the...