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Technology Convergence and Digital Divides. A Country-Level Evidence for the Period 2000-2010

Lechman, Ewa - 2015

The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....

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Learning and Corporate Strategy: The Dynamic Evolution of the North American Pulp and Paper Industry, 1860-1960

Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

forces of change, such as innovation, corporate strategies, industrial relocation, and policy. As distinct branches of the … pulp and paper industry passed from the early nascent phase to full maturity, the sources of innovation, nature of …

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An endogenous growth model with quality ladders and consumers’ heterogeneity

Marasco, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This paper develops an endogenous growth model with quality ladders where consumers heterogeneity is assumed and is modelled through non homothetic preferences. We show that in such a model, unlike mainstream quality ladders models, the steady state equilibrium is characterised by a duopoly were...

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Einflussfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie: Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Expertenbefragung

Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapler fasst die Ergebnisse einer im Sommer 1988 durchgeführten schriftlichen Expertenbefragung zu den Bestimmunsfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie zusammen. Von den 940 beragten Untemehmungen haben 358 Oder ca. 40% geantwortet; sie waren in...

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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis

Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019

The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...

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Impact on firms of the use of knowledge providers: a systematic review of the literature

Vivas-Augier, Carlos; Barge-Gil, Andrés - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study summarizes the main conclusions from a systematic review of the empirical literature regarding the impact on firms of the use of knowledge providers, including universities, technology institutes or knowledge intensive business firms. We use a criteria to classify the literature...

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Does Automation Improve Stock Market Efficiency? Evidence from Ghana

Mensah, Justice T.; Pomaa-Berko, Maame; Adom, Philip Kofi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

As a burgeoning capital market in an emerging economy, automation of the stock market is regarded as a major step … towards integrating the financial market as a conduit for economic growth. The automation of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in … of the automation on the efficiency of the GSE within the framework of the weak-form Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH …

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