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Dependence on Primary Commodities and Poverty Traps in Sub-Saharan Africa: Devising strategies and building capabilities for diversification

Habiyaremye, Alexis - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2005

primary export commodities in their trade relationships with the rest of the world. We argue that traditional approaches to …

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Economics and Transitions: Lessons from Economic Sub-disciplines

Kemp, R.; van den Bergh, J. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

Currently, there is much interest in stimulating or 'speeding up' socio-technical transitions to sustainable systems, most notably in the sectors of energy, transport and agriculture. This essay attempts to assess whether and how 'transition' type problems and issues are being addressed in the...

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Assessment of science and technology indicators in Sudan

Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

This paper employs both the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's definition of Science and Technology (S&T) indicators (OECD, 1997) to discuss S&T development in Sudan. We find that the low level and the insufficient...

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On India's plunge into Nanotechnology: What are good ways to catch-up?

Ramani, Shyama V.; Chowdhury, Nupur; Coronini, Roger; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

The present paper examines how a developing country like India is competing in the nanotechnology race. Our study shows that both upstream scientific and technological capabilities and downstream regulatory capabilities are being strengthened. India has clearly made a dent in terms of scientific...

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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions

Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the allocation of public and private resources for research, knowledge creation and diffusion. We argue that while the concentration of research investments remains in a relatively small number of rich countries and regions, the focus of such...

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Implications Of National Innovation Systems For Developing Countries: Managing Change And Complexity In Economic Development

Gu, Shulin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 1999

This paper develops implications of National Innovation Systems (NIS) from the perspective of developing countries. A review of the development of NIS in the OECD context reveals that the notion of national innovation systems is a synthesis made at the national and other societal levels, of the...

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Innovation in natural resources : New opportunities and new challenges. The case of the Argentinean seed industry

Marin A.; Stubrin L.I. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015

become world leader innovators in NRs and related industries. Empirically we study the case of seeds innovation in Argentina … - a world agricultural leader with a strong and advanced domestic seed industry. Based on firms interviews and secondary … world and how some new challenges are questioning the capacity to pursue further some of the new opportunities …

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Firms' innovation capability-building paths and the nature of changes in learning mechanisms: Multiple case-study evidence from an emerging economy

Figueiredo, Paulo N.; Cohen, Marcela; Gomes, Saulo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

mechanisms changed as firms' capabilities approached world-leading levels; (3) some combinations of external and internal … 'followers' rather than becoming world-leading innovators. Using a novel approach that explores the relationship between …

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Catching up in the 21st century: Globalization, knowledge & capabilities in Latin America, a case for natural resource based activities

Iizuka, Michiko; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

The nature of the catching-up process has changed substantially at both the global and local levels over the last decade. The catching up process can no longer be disentangled from the rapid internationalization of science and technology and the globalization of innovation, in which the...

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Globalization, the rise of biotechnology and catching up in agricultural innovation: The case of Bt technology in India

Iizuka M.; Thutupalli A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

The agricultural sector has played an important role in the provision of food, foreign exchange and sustainable energy to many developing countries. This sector, however, has not been considered as a driving force of innovation as compared to other productive sectors. However, recent economics...

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