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In developing countries, innovation is to a large extent a matter of adoption of advanced technologies but also of …
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foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises … training is found to have a strong effect on the innovation activity. However, firms owned by female and old entrepreneurs are … less likely to get involved in innovation. In an extended model of firm growth determinants that includes innovation …
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This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina …, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …
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in the interests of economic growth or social welfare that India's science and innovation, and intellectual property …
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The innovation systems approach has proven useful in explaining the reasons behind varying economic performance in … developing countries. The systemic understanding of the innovation process, which pays attention to the knowledge flow among … interactive actors, serves as a useful 'focusing device' for elaborating effective policy to accelerate the innovation process and …
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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...
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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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