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High-tech R&D: How is China doing it?
OK, Süleyman Tuluğ - In: Iktisat Isletme ve Finans 22 (2007) 250, pp. 5-15
This study investigates China’s tedious but patient path to development. Starting with the milestone year 1985, China’s first major step was to completely reform its science and technology (S&T) management system. This was followed up with the implementation of an ambitious long-term...
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209851
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Indicators of Innovation in Canadian Natural Resource Industries
Sharpe, Andrew; Guibaud, Olivier - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005
This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It … then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of … industries in other countries. The report finds that on most innovation indicators, Canadian natural resource industries perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481841
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712090
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Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2005
This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754963
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In Search of the Silver Bullet for Productivity Growth: A Review Article of The Power of Productivity and Transforming the European Economy
Ark, Bart van - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 79-86
attention give by both volumes to innovation and education -- two areas that are generally felt to be very important in terms of …
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Do innovation dimensions matter in China’s cross-regional income differences?
Yang, Jingjing; Khalil, Sana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic … development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be …
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014
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The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information and Communications Technology on Firm Performance
Gera, Surendra; Gu, Wulong - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 37-51
, increased sales and profits, and product and process innovation than firms that do not follow this path. Their findings suggest …
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Research, higher education and innovation: redesigning multi-level governance within Europe in a period of crisis
Ritzen, Jo; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
In this paper we present a vision for the course Europe should take in its research and higher education policies in order to fully live up to the expectations of its citizens to provide a safe, comfortable, affluent and sustainable environment in this period of considerable financial restraint...
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