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Research Into Use: Investigating the Relationship between Agricultural Research and Innovation
Hall, Andy; Dijkman, Jeroen; Sulaiman, Rasheed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
transferred and adopted. It argues that there is a diversity of ways of organising innovation appropriate to different market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856448
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Tacit Knowledge and Innovation Capacity: Evidence from the Indian Livestock Sector
Rasheed Sulaiman V.; Thummuru, Laxmi; Hall, Andy; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
To cope and compete in this rapidly-changing world, organisations need to access and apply new knowledge. While explicit knowledge is important, what is often critical is an organisation's ability to create, access, share and apply the tacit or un-codified knowledge that exists among its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712263
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Assessing Environmental Management Capacity: Towards a Common Reference Framework
Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération …; … - 2009
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness calls upon donor and partner countries to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of country systems in a way that guarantees ownership and sustainable results. Within this context, the current paper provides a synthesis of major elements and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045575
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Beyond knowledge brokerage: An exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya
Kilelu, Catherine W.; Klerkx, Laurens; Leeuwis, Cees; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
knowledge brokering has resulted in a changing landscape of the intermediary domain in an increasingly market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712243
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Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: Are Innovation Brokers the Answer?
Klerkx, Laurens; Hall, Andy; Leeuwis, Cees - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating innovation system interaction and innovation capacity building, and illustrates this by taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example. Subsequently, it reflects upon the potential role of innovation brokers in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712303
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Challenges to Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems: Where Do We Go From Here?
Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
private investment intended to promote innovation for development. The paper asks "students of innovation" why a virtual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712324
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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
resolution, public investments, emergence of institutions and, transitions from communist to market-democracy systems seem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712203
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The role of transparency in avoiding a COVID-19 induced food crisis
OECD - 2020
crisis has been avoided so far, in part thanks to improved transparency in global staple crop markets. Transparency on market … conditions and policies is critical in helping reduce market uncertainty, exposing bottlenecks and highlighting risks, all of … which help market participants and policy makers develop more effective responses in times of crisis. More broadly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630147
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Microeconomic analysis of rural nonfarm activities in the Kyrgyz Republic: What determines participation and returns?
Atamanov, Aziz; Van den Berg, Marrit - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper uses two representative household budget surveys from the Kyrgyz Republic to analyze factors influencing participation and returns from different types of nonfarm activities in 2005 and 2006. Nonfarm activities are found to be most important for the poor, who are pushed out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712100
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Missing the target: Lessons from enabling innovation in South Asia
Rasheed, Sulaiman V.; Hall, Andy; Reddy, T.S. Vamsidhar - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
) Strengthening the innovation enabling environment of policies and institutions is critical if research use is to lead to long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856317