Innovation has been acknowledged as contributing to development, in particularly inclusive innovations that involve and benefit poorer groups in developing countries. However, such innovation may have negative externalities. Most often external regulation is required to reduce these effects....

De crisis heeft zijn sporen nagelaten en werkgevers zien nu kansen om de cao’s te ‘moderniseren’ en een instrument als demotie – teruggang in functie en salaris – veelvuldiger te gebruiken. Is dat een oplossing?

As a result of the surging rate of technological innovation in the last decades, firms in high-technology industries increasingly rely on alliances to tap into external knowledge sources and to develop new products and services. While alliances are of vital importance to many firms to develop...