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Public procurement and innovation for human-centered artificial intelligence

Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2021

The possible negative consequences of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have given rise to calls for public policy to ensure that it is safe, and to prevent improper use and misuse. Human-centered AI (HCAI) draws on ethical principles and puts forth actionable guidelines in this regard. So far...

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Export-led growth after COVID-19: the case of Portugal

Naudé, Wim; Cameron, Martin - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted trade and global value chains. Small open economies such as Portugal are particularly vulnerable. In this paper we consider the impact of the pandemic on the country's exports, arguing that an export-led recovery is possible. The challenge is to identify...

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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market

Mendes, Rute (contributor); … - 2007

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in … assortative matching ; matched employer-employee data ; productivity ; skill ; unobserved heterogeneity ; sorting ; fixed effects …

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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market

Mendes, Rute (contributor); … - 2007

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The intersection of the fields of entrepreneurship and development economics : a review towards a new view

Hessels, Jolanda; Naudé, Wim - 2017

Policy makers find it difficult to promote economic development through entrepreneurship and SMEs. In this paper we …

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Technological innovation and inclusive growth in Germany

Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2017

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth. Fearing that this declining impact would undermine...

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The race for an artificial general intelligence : implications for public policy

Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2018

An arms race for an artificial general intelligence (AGI) would be detrimental for and even pose an existential threat to humanity if it results in an unfriendly AGI. In this paper an all-pay contest model is developed to derive implications for public policy to avoid such an outcome. It is...

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The rise and fall of German innovation

Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2021

In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is contrasted with the post-World War II period. This latter...

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Artificial intelligence against COVID-19 : an early review

Naudé, Wim - 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...

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Entrepreneurship, stages of development, and industrialization

Acs, Zoltán J.; Naudé, Wim - 2011

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...

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