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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the allocation of public and private resources for research, knowledge creation and diffusion. We argue that while the concentration of research investments remains in a relatively small number of rich countries and regions, the focus of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712149
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The unequal effect of India's industrial liberalization on firms' decision to innovate: Do business conditions matter?
Bas M.; Paunov C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
India, on firms innovation performance. Our results show that larger and more productive firms in liberalized industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856479
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Innovation, investment and regulation : What are the options for regulation in the near future ?.
Jennequin, Hugues; Flacher, David; Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2006
This paper addresses the question of what options are available to regulate the sector in the near future. In order to answer this question, the paper focuses on the problem of investment and innovation in an ex ante regulated sector. Relying on existing literature, we argue that ex ante...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008532729
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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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A model for evaluating affective relationships in distributed work.
Pallud, Jessie; Josserand, Emmanuel - Université Paris-Dauphine
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572207
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Impacts of team virtuality on performance : a qualitative study.
Kalika, Michel; Jawadi, Nabila - Université Paris-Dauphine
this paper is to assess how the variability of team virtuality influences team performance. A multidimensional approach to … evaluate virtuality was elaborated to identify changing performance variables at each level. The performance variables retained … results show that performance measures are differently influenced by virtuality level. Although output quality seems not to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008532637
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Optimal multi-phase transition paths toward a global green economy
David, Paul; Van Zon, Adriaan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Economic growth thus far has been closely linked to the bulk conversion of energy stored in carbon based fuels (wood, coal, oil, natural gas) into useful work. Burning such fuels gives rise to CO2-emissions. These emissions, together with other greenhouse gasses (GHG's) like methane, are now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856337
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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 Research … - 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/10010856364
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Revisiting the porter hypothesis: An empirical analysis of green innovation for the Netherlands
Leeuwen, George van; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
) performance. Using a comprehensive panel of firm-level data built from four surveys we aim to estimate the relative importance of … corroboration of the weak version of the Porter hypothesis but not of the strong version of the PH, in this case on TFP performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712021
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Optimal multi-phase transition paths toward a stabilized global climate: Integrated dynamic requirements analysis for the 'tech fix'
David, Paul; Van Zon, Adriaan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
This paper analyses the requirements for a social welfare-optimized transition path toward a carbon-free economy, focusing particularly on the role of R&D and other technological measures to achieve timely supply-side transformations in the global production regime that will avert catastrophic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712091