The paper uses data from a recent survey on Brazilian firms to investigate the role of technology in the … these days, and their technology-seeking purpose is a strong driver for the internationalization, as firms are searching for … decisions to invest in developed destinations. We found out that technology is an asset used as a competitive resource, and that …

been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were … precisely because lessons from previous research on agricultural innovation were "not put into use" in the programme … research: (i) Promoting research into use requires enabling innovation. This goes beyond fostering collaboration, and includes …

capacity building in the origin country through knowledge transfer, innovation and technological change. The paper specifically …

The science-technology-innovation system is one that is continuously and rapidly evolving. The dramatic growth over the … last twenty years in the use of science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators appears first and foremost the result … might be expected in societies which increasingly use organised science and technology to achieve a wide variety of social …

Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

The aim of the paper is to assess heterogeneity of the innovation process. Using exploratory factor analysis on micro … data from the third Community Innovation Survey in 13 countries, we identify four factors that that can be interpreted as … research, user, external and production ingredients of innovation. All too often it is assumed that the differences between the …

targeting the group at the bottom of the income pyramid and the factors that influence the adoption and usage of toilets in an …

. By drawing lessons from country experiences we assess the appropriateness of incubators as a tool for entrepreneurship … staff. Moreover, incubators reflect the institutional set-up, creativity, and policy innovativeness in a society. Therefore … policy on incubators should be well-integrated with other policies for entrepreneurship promotion and economic development …