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Industrialisation as an engine of growth in developing countries
Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper examines the emergence of manufacturing in developing countries in the period 1950-2005. It presents new data on structural change in a sample of 63 developing countries and 16 advanced economies. Industrialisation is seen as a single global process of structural change, in which...
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Environmental innovation: Using qualitative models to identify indicators for policy
Kanerva, Minna; Arundel, Anthony; Kemp, Rene - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
Environmental innovation is an essential part of a knowledge based economy, as environmental innovation makes economies more efficient by encouraging and facilitating the use of fewer material or energy inputs per unit of output. In this respect, environmental innovation replaces material inputs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712184
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Comparing Chinese and the Indian Software MNCs: Domestic and Export Market Strategies and Their Interplay
Niosi, Jorge; Tschang, F. Ted - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
China and India are emerging as major new entrants in the international software industry. Both are rapidly learning through outsourcing with multinational enterprises from advanced nations. Yet, their paths to this dynamic sector are very different. Chinese software firms have focused on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856341
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New firm creation and failure: A matching approach
Gries, Thomas; Jungblut, Stefan; Naudé, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
, as in labor market matching models. Deriving a novel Entrepreneurship-Beveridge curve, we show that a successful start … possible applications of this matching approach to formalize the economics of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712048
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Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation - What is Missing in Turkey?
Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis … behaviour and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish innovation system. Exploring a unique firm level survey realized among 50 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856468
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
, large, representative survey from Sri Lanka to test this model and to examine whether and how owner characteristics matter … for innovation. The survey also allows analysis of the incidence of innovation in micro and small firms, which have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Using Innovation Surveys for Econometric Analysis
Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
After presenting the history, the evolution and the content of innovation surveys, we discuss the characteristics of the data they contain and the challenge they pose to the analyst and the econometrician. We document the two uses that have been made of these data: the construction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856299
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A Systems Perspective on Inter-Firm and Organizational Collaboration in African Industry
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2004
Based on recent field survey data collected in three African countries, this study examines inter-firm and inter …-organizational collaboration in African industry. Three sets of interactions were analyzed namely: firm-firm linkages, including user-supplier and … multivariate analysis, we examined the channels and institutions for collaboration and tested three hypotheses. Collaboration with …
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Social Media and Migration Research
McGregor, Elaine; Siegel, Melissa - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
The use of internet technologies in daily life has risen dramatically in recent years, increasing researchers' interest in how social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are changing social realities and potentially facilitating innovative research methodologies. As technology and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856326
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The political economy of research and innovation in organic photovoltaics (OPV) in different world regions
Turkeli S.; Kemp R.P.M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
-institutional framework of reference. Method We gathered data from a 65-question internet-based survey conducted from February 2013 to April …
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