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Foreign Direct Investment, Firm-Level Capabilities and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Kenyan Manufacturing Industry
Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
This paper uses firm-level survey data of Kenyan manufacturing industry to examine the significance of FDI and firm-level capabilities in human capital development. It undertakes a detailed descriptive comparison of human capital and other firm-level capabilities generated by both foreign and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712189
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Transition to knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
, education pillar, economic incentive and institutional regime pillar, innovation efficiency index, knowledge creation index …, knowledge impact index, knowledge diffusion index and technological infrastructure, despite deterioration in both innovation … investing heavily in education, training, boosting knowledge absorption index and innovation through intensive spending on RD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856325
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Overview of knowledge transfer in MENA countries - The case of Egypt
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
efficiency and labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness and capacity for innovation. Our …-industry cooperation, RD and innovation capacity. Knowledge transfer through utilization of international trade is facilitated by the sound …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856458
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Challenges and opportunities for transition to knowledge-based economy in Arab Gulf countries
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper uses the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the OECD 1996 definition of knowledge-based economy, the World Bank Knowledge Index and Knowledge Economy Index and other indicators to examine progress and challenges in transition to knowledge-based economies in Arab Gulf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856485
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Structural modernization and development traps : an empirical approach
Lavopa A.; Szirmai A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
In this paper we analyse economic development through the lenses of a newly developed index the structural modernization index. This index combines two dimensions that have been widely invoked as prime drivers of economic development namely, structural change and technological catch up. For each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167035
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FDI, R&D and Innovation Output in the Chinese Automobile Industry
Chen, Fang; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
interrelationships between, innovation input and innovation output, and in particular whether FDI had any influence on these two aspects … of innovation. A generalized tobit model will be estimated for both R&D and the share of innovative sales for 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712219
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The internationalization of R&D
Hall, Bronwyn H. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper surveys what we know about the internationalization of business R&D spending. I examine three specific questions about the global changes in R&D activity: First, what is the evidence that R&D is becoming more internationalized (more footloose)? Second, what are the factors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856473
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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states
Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712202