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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering

Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011

Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are …

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Size, competition, and innovative activities: a developing world perspective

Waheed, Abdul - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011

innovation to observe the influence of firm size and of market concentration on innovative activities, and to interrogate the … differences in influences of innovation determinants in different size classes and competition statuses. Our analysis reveals that … employment increases the likelihood of R&D and product innovation, and its influence on R&D expenditures is positive but at less …

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The internationalization of R&D

Hall, Bronwyn H. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011

This paper surveys what we know about the internationalization of business R&D spending. I examine three specific questions about the global changes in R&D activity: First, what is the evidence that R&D is becoming more internationalized (more footloose)? Second, what are the factors that...

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Localisation strategies of firms in wind energy technology development

Perrot, Radhika; Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

technology and innovation more closely into development of sustainable energy markets in developing countries. …

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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …

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How effective are level-based R&D tax credits? Evidence from the Netherlands

Lokshin, Boris; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper examines the impact of the R&D fiscal incentive program on R&D by Dutch firms. Taking a factor-demand approach we measure the elasticity of firm R&D capital accumulation to its user cost. Econometric models are estimated using a rich unbalanced panel of firm data covering the period...

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Global excellence at the expense of local relevance, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world

Barnard, Helena; Cowan, Robin; Muller, Moritz - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

Do world-leading researchers from developing countries contribute to upgrading locally, or do they disengage from the local context? The paper investigates the scientific collaborations of university-based science and technology researchers in the database of the South African National Research...

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Public R&D Subsidies and Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Quebec

Baghana, Rufin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper analyses empirically the impacts of public R&D grants on private R&D investments and on the productivity growth of the manufacturing firms in a context where fiscal incentives are present. Using the conditional semiparametric differenceindifferences estimator on longitudinal data from...

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Interrupted innovation: Innovation system dynamics in latecomer aerospace industries

Vertesy, Daniel; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

In this paper we analyse the role of sectoral innovation systems in the emergence and catch-up of aerospace industries … in latecomer economies. We argue that the aerospace sector is characterized by a process of interrupted innovation …. Competitive pressures and the cyclical nature of the industry not only require shifts in the direction of innovation and changes …

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Natural resource industries, 'tragedy of the commons' and the case of Chilean salmon farming

Iizuka, Michiko; Katz, Jorge - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

Chilean salmon farming has been considered as an outstanding example of success after growing at two digit rates for more than twenty years. With further insight, we now know that such rapid process of expansion came at the expense of sanitary and environmental deterioration. The outbreak of...

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