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Crafting Firm Competencies to Improve Innovative Performance.
Lokshin, Boris; Gils, Anita van; Bauer, Eva - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
Recent interdisciplinary research suggests that customer and technological competencies have a direct, unconditional effect on firms' innovative performance. This study extends this stream of literature by considering the effect of organizational competencies. Results from a survey-research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150811
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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes
Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
stimulate education to foster human capital formation. When combined, human capital and social capital are likely to yield …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150755
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150802
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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Spillovers: Evidence from The Indian Manufacturing Sector
Sasidharan, Subash - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
During the recent period, we observe that many countries compete with each other to attract foreign investment. When MNCs invest in a host country, it is assumed that a part of their technology spills to the host country firms. But the empirical studies on spillover effects of FDI have failed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150858
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Philippines - Education Policy Reforms in Action : A Review of Progress Since PESS and PCER
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678141
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Benchmarking the Governance of Tertiary Education Systems
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201307
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Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201312
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Technology frontier, labor productivity and economic growth: Evidence from OECD countries
Azomahou, Theophile; Diene, Bity; Diene, Mbaye - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
that the number of agents enrolled in higher education is a determinant of growth. Moreover, when a country is sufficiently …, while higher education presents the opposite shape. These findings support the main assertion of Aghion and Cohen (2004 …) that countries which are near the technology frontier have to invest in higher education while those far away from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629995
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Reshaping the Future : Education and Postconflict Reconstruction
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
The aim of this volume is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing … the devastating consequences of conflict on a country's education systems and outcomes, as well to emphasize the … importance of maximizing the opportunities to reform education systems presented by a reconstruction setting, adopting a long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685720
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Ukraine : Education Reform Policy Note
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685738