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Nanotechnology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies

Huang, Can; Notten, Ad; Rasters, Nico - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

This paper provides a comprehensive review of more than 120 social science studies in nanoscience and technology, all of which analyze publication and patent data. We conduct a comparative analysis of bibliometric search strategies that these studies use to harvest publication and patent data...

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New Technologies in remittances sending: Opportunities for mobile remittances in Africa

Siegel, Melissa; Fransen, Sonja - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2012

Mobile remittances have a high development potential as they hold the promise of providing quick, easy and cheap money transfers. In Africa mobile phone usage has increased sharply and mobile banking providers are extending their services, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances....

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Drivers of Brazilian foreign investments – technology seeking and technology exploiting as determinants of emerging FDI

Carvalho, Flavia; Duysters, Geert; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

The paper uses data from a recent survey on Brazilian firms to investigate the role of technology in the internationalization of firms, and whether if affects the destination of foreign investments. Emerging markets FDI is a much-debated topic these days, and their technology-seeking purpose is...

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Thinking locally: Exploring the importance of a subsidiary-centered model of FDI-related spillovers in Brazil

Marin, Anabel; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009

This paper investigates FDI-related spillovers in Brazil for the period 1996-2005. In contrast to most previous recent studies, which have failed to identify any significant effects in emerging economies, we found that horizontal spillovers did arise in Brazil. However, they did not arise simply...

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Employment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Microdata.

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Lotti, Francesca - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms' productivity with … process innovation. The sources of employment growth during the period are split equally between the net contribution of … product innovation and the net contribution from sales growth of old products. However, the contribution of product innovation …

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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...

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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...

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