This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are importantchannels for the transfer of technology...

This paper presents and analyses the sharp increase in hourly wage inequality after 1998 inPoland. The increase was similar in magnitude to the much-studied increase in British wageinequality during the 1980s. Using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey, we find thisincrease to be associated...

Economic institutions encompassing increasingly sophisticated concepts of risk-sharing and liability flourished in Europe since the High Middle Ages. These innovations occurred in an environment of fragmented local jurisdictions, not within the framework of the territorial state. In this short...

Most economic historians would surely endorse Paul Romer's view expressed above that technological progress lies at the heart of long run economic growth. Long ago Kuznets identified the epoch of 'modern economic growth' as one where growth came to be driven by scientific and technological...

Leadership is often defined as the capability to successfully manage change inorganisations. The way one manages change is to some extent contextual and influenced bythe environment. The environment our future leaders have to operate in is quite differentfrom what we were used to in the previous...

Continuous change characterizes current economic practice. Frequently, organizations are facing social, economic, political, technological, and ecological changes (Naisbitt & Aburdene, 1992; Kobi, 1996). To respond to these challenges adequately is essential for continuation and success of every...