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Technology alliances in emerging economies: Persistence and interrelation in European firms' alliance formation

Belderbos, Rene; Gilsing, Victor; Jacob, Jojo - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011

We analyze patterns and determinants of technology alliance formation with partner firms from emerging economies, with a focus on European firms' alliance strategies. We examine to what extent European firms' alliance formation with partners based in emerging economies is persistent, that is: to...

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Reverse knowledge transfer and its implications for European policy

Narula, Rajneesh; Michel, Julie - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

their technological needs. However, accessing to foreign knowledge implies integration with the host country innovation … the MNE, we argue that home country innovation systems can also benefit from reverse knowledge transfer. Policy makers …

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Innovation for the base of the pyramid: Critical perspectives from development studies on heterogeneity and participation

Arora, Saurabh; Romijn, Henny - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

This article criticises current BoP approaches for under-appreciating two issues that play vital roles in projects targeting the poor at the BoP: heterogeneity among the poor, and the intricacies of participatory partnerships between TNCs, the non-profit sector (NGOs) and local poor communities...

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Attracting and embedding R&D by multinational firms: policy recommendations for EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

of MNE R&D. Innovation can be undertaken in order to adapt its existing products and services to local stimuli. This is … 'demand-driven R&D'. Innovation can also be in stand-alone R&D facilities which are considerably more knowledgeintensive, and … tendency to focus on FDI flows is flawed, since knowledge exchanges and innovation are establishment level phenomena. An MNE …

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Developing internationally comparable indicators for the commercialization of publicly-funded research

Arundel, Anthony; Bordoy, Catalina - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

It is a common perception that European public-funded research fails to commercialize their discoveries, in contrast to the perceived success of their American counterparts. This resulted in policies aimed at improving the commercialization of European publicly-funded research, including the...

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Assessing risk discourses: Nano S&T in the Global South

Kanerva, Minna - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

Nano science and technology (nano S&T) has potential to change our lives for the better, but at the same time, it causes also a significant amount of concern in terms of related health, environmental, ethical and societal risks. It is increasingly recognized that addressing these concerns...

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Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth - Lessons from the Indian Software Sector

Athreye, Suma - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied these predictions. This paper argues...

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Internationalization of Chinese firms in Europe

Zhang, Ying; Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

Since end of the 1990s, the world has been witnessing a phenomenon of internationalisation of Chinese companies. This internationalisation is often understood through FDI inflows, whereby multinational companies establish their presence in a form of subsidiaries overseas. However, lately many...

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Alliance-based Network View on Chinese Firms' Catching-up: Case Study of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd

Zhang, Ying - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

firm's innovation performance as well. …

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How productive are academic researchers in agriculture-related sciences? The Mexican case

Rivera, Rene; Sampedro, Jose Luis; Dutrenit, Gabriela; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

This paper explores the effect of commercial farmers-academic researchers linkages on research productivity in fields related to agriculture. Using original data and econometric analysis, our findings show a positive and significant relationship between intensive linkages with a small number of...

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