O trabalho visa analisar as conseqüências positivas e negativas advindas da globalização da pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) sobre os países em desenvolvimento, especialmente os que hospedam essas operações. Para tal, empregou a revisão de literatura como metodologia. Aborda os fatores...

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This study uses a unique firm-level dataset to examine how falling trade costs from 1993-2001 affected entry, exit, productivity, and exporting in the Korean manufacturing sector. We verify many of the predictions of recent heterogeneous-firm models of international trade. For example, falling...

Since the seminal work of Adam Smith, markets have been considered an efficienttool for co-ordinating the behaviour of economic agents. The basic characteristicof a market economy is that the complex system of interaction amongindividuals is not centrally coordinated. Under the assumption of...

Today, more than ever, development of agriculture leans on science research results and their practical application. Research in the field of agriculture is conducted by large network of public institutions, institutes and universities are mostly directed toward improvement of production....

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