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This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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borderlines now favoring overlapping if not merged fields. Hence innovation becomes more complex by bundling different …
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The paper covers the problem of the impact of the world financial crisis on the science sector and contains the analysis of current state and tendencies of S&T potential development in Russia. The authors mention the decreasing of S&T key indicators and business sector of science, although there...
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process-oriented focus that emphasises dialogue and networking between different actors in national systems of innovation. The …
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We investigate the role of workers’ and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …
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It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...
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Co-operation, knowledge co-creation and exchange are core components of modern economic models of innovation … development. Intensity and efficiency of linkages is widely considered as one of the major determinants of innovation system … intellectual services instead of R&D, that is, on consulting and modification of existing technologies. Among innovation …
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This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …
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The paper provides an overview of the most common Foresight tools and demonstrates examples of their implementation in developed countries. It also presents the Russian experience of Foresight studies conducted at the national level. Note: Downloadable document is in Russian.
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Federal law on Autonomous Institutions that governs its creation and functioning in social sphere, was adopted in November 2006 after three years of discussions between the authorities and professional societies. The complexity of the practical implementation of the law that its provisions...
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