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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development
Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513248
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The co-evolution of organizational performance and emotional contagion
Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas; Weehuizen, Rifka - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2012
In this paper we model interactions between organizational structures, job stress, emotional contagion and organization performance. An organization is modelled as solving problems or performing tasks. Tasks enter the organization and can be addressed by a subset of its members. Organization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653054
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The Environmental Porter Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and a Model of Timing of Adoption
Ziesemer, Thomas; Kriechel, Ben - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
The Porter Hypothesis postulates that the costs of compliance with environmental standards may be offset by adoption of innovations they trigger. We model this hypothesis using a game of timing of technology adoption. We show that times of adoption are earlier the higher the non-adoption tax....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150824
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India's Outward Foreign Direct Investments in Steel Industry in a Chinese Comparative Perspective
Kumar, Nagesh; Chadha, Alka - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
Indian and Chinese enterprises have emerged as important outward investors in recent times with their involvement in a number of prominent Greenfield investments and acquisitions. The theory of international business posits that the ownership of some unique advantages having a revenue generating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150856
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Is there complementarity or substitutability between internal and external R&D strategies?
Hagedoorn, John; Wang, Ning - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
&D acquisitions, turn out to be complementary innovation activities at higher levels of in-house R&D investments, whereas at lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629988
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Incubators as Tools for Entrepreneurship Promotion in Developing Countries
Akcomak, Semih - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on incubators in developed and developing countries. We show that the concept of incubators has evolved in time according to market and firm needs. Contemporary successful incubators are profit-oriented, provide a wide range of services, focus more on intangible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629989
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Does Excellence in Academic Research Attract Foreign R&D?
Belderbos, Rene; Leten, Bart; Suzuki, Shinya - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
We examine the role of host countries’ academic research strengths in global R&D location decisions by multinational firms. While we expect that a firm’s propensity to perform R&D in a host country increases with the strength of local academic research, firms are expected to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629993
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Preparing for the Next, Very Long Crisis: Towards a ‘Cool’ Science and Technology Policy Agenda For a Globally Warming Economy
David, Paul A. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This short paper on a very big subject deals with a worry - a worry that the present economic crisis is likely to contribute to the already-existing temptations of governmental and private actors alike to behave in a time-inconsistent fashion when responding to the challenge of climate change....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629998
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The when and where of research in agricultural innovation trajectories: Evidence and implications from RIU's South Asia projects
Reddy, Vamsidhar; Hall, Andy; Sulaiman, Rasheed - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
discredited. Agricultural innovation is a process that takes a multitude of different forms, and, within this process … organisations and their relationships associated with innovation, reveals the additional set of resources and expertise that … second - which concerns understanding innovation as a path-dependent, contextually shaped trajectory unfolding over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148896
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Beyond knowledge brokerage: An exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya
Kilelu, Catherine W.; Klerkx, Laurens; Leeuwis, Cees; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond … include fostering integration and interaction among the diverse actors engaged in innovation networks and working on … technological, organisational and institutional innovation. Further, the study identified various organisational arrangements of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148899