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Innovation capacity and economic development: China and India
Fan, Peilei - 2008
essential role in transforming their national innovation systems so that they can be more adaptable to economic development. The … innovation activities. Balancing import of technology and indigenous R&D effort is another major theme. Innovation capability … influence on choice of innovation at the firm level, i.e., the decision at firm level in terms of indigenous R&D or import of …
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The Danish model and the globalizing learning economy: Lessons for developing countries
Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - 2009
innovation system, the learning economy and learning modes to analyse the evolution of the Danish model and what can be learnt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273483
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Asia's labour-driven economic development, flying-geese style: An unprecedented opportunity for the poor to rise?
Ozawa, Terutomo - 2006
The notion of ‘shared growth’ was introduced by the World Bank in recognition of East Asia’s rapid growth accompanied by poverty reduction. It emphasizes the criticality of pro-poor policies and institutional setups in the fast-developing East Asian economies. The efforts of these...
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Can Norway be a role model for natural resource abundant countries?
Cappelen, Ådne; Mjøset, Lars - 2009
During the 1950-70s Norway had relatively low GDP per capita compared to the OECD average and even more so compared to Denmark and Sweden. During the 1970s there was a significant catch-up in incomes and from the early 1990s a take-off in relative income. Norway is currently ranked among the...
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Country role models for development success: The case of Costa Rica
Trejos, Alberto - 2009
In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273461
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Development path of China and India and the challenges for their sustainable growth
Li, Yuefen; Zhang, Bin - 2008
The segmentation of global manufacturing and services provided China and subsequently India with a golden opportunity to make full use of their absolute advantage low cost yet educated labour to integrate into the world economy within a comparatively shorter period of time than some earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273488
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Growth oriented macroeconomic policies for small islands economies: Lessons from Singapore
Chowdhury, Anis - 2008
Most small island economies or microstates have distinctly different characteristics from larger developing economies. They are more open and vulnerable to external and environmental shocks, resulting in high output volatility. Most of them also suffer from locational disadvantages. Although a...
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Foreign direct investment, domestic investment and economic growth in China: A time series analysis
Tang, Sumei; Selvanathan, E. A.; Selvanathan, S. - 2008
) and the innovation accounting (variance decomposition and impulse response function analysis) techniques are used. The …
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Development in Chile 1990 - 2005: Lessons from a positive experience
García Hurtado, Álvaro - 2006
Chile, in the last 15 years, has shown remarkable results in terms of growth, poverty reduction and democratic governance. This paper reviews the structural changes that were behind these positive outcomes, as well as the pending challenges for Chile’s development. Also shows that Chile did...
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