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PhD defence
Posted: 2007-09-27
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| Suhail Sami Sultan |
On 27 September Suhail Sami Sultan succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled
"The Competitive Advantage of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: The
Case of Jordan's Natural Stone Industry". The thesis describes how SMEs
working in processing the natural stone sector in Jordan located in the
factor-driven stage can move to the innovation-driven stage.
Promotors were Prof. dr. Luc Soete (UNU-MERIT) and Prof. dr. Dragan Nikolik (Maastricht School of Management)
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UNU-MERIT contributes to Portugal’s EU-China Initiative
Posted: 2007-09-21
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| Maria-Joao Rodrigues, Special Adviser to the Portuguese Prime Minister and organizer of the Paris Workshop |
UNU-MERIT is one of four institutions collaborating with the European Commission on a global project launched during Portugal’s Presidency of the EU. Entitled "Dialogues for a Sustainable Development,” the project will directly feed into the summits and strategic partnerships of the EU with China, India, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and others. An ongoing UNU-MERIT study of the Chinese innovation system will be presented at a workshop in Paris later this month as part of preparations for the EU-China summit in November.
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Elaborating a research agenda for an 'appropriate innovation' paradigm
Posted: 2007-10-04
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| A fish processing plant in Uganda |
In a paper prepared for the recent UNU/UNESCO International Conference, “Pathways Towards a Shared Future: Changing Roles of Higher Education in a Globalized World,” UNU-MERIT director Luc Soete discusses how a shift towards “bottom up” innovation could provide the impetus needed to develop successful innovation-for-development strategies.
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All roads lead to China
Posted: 2007-09-05
Claire Nauwelaers, René Wintjes, Can Huang and Pierre Mohnen were among UNU-MERIT researchers headed east this summer to work on collaborative research projects with partner institutions in China, and to participate at various conferences. This month three Chinese researchers will close the loop, arriving in Maastricht to undertake research at UNU-MERIT
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UNU to enhance access to its learning materials
Posted: 2007-09-03
United Nations University has launched the UNU Open Courseware Project, a joint initiative of four UNU centres: UNU Online Learning, the UNU International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST), the UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and UNU-MERIT. The project aims to provide open access to all educational materials used in UNU capacity development and training programmes. |
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Knowledge diffusion initiative in Iran
Posted: 2007-09-03
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| Shuan SadreGhazi |
As part of a knowledge diffusion initiative by International Association of Iranian Managers (I-AIM), Shuan SadreGhazi, a PhD researcher in the Innovation Studies and Development Programme, gave a seminar at the School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, last month. The topic was “Developing Business Strategies for Low-income Markets”
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New Faces at UNU-MERIT: PhD class of 2007
Posted: 2007-11-10
10 students admitted to the UNU-MERIT PhD Programme in the Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change start their studies this month. They are: Ibrahim Bolat (Turkey), Emmanuel Codjoe (Ghana), Ioannis Fillipidis (Greece), Abinet Onkiso Gebrekian (Ethiopia), Jun Hou (China), Anant Kamath (India), Baseer Qazi (Pakistan), Conrad Schmidt Bens (Germany), Lilia Stubrin (Argentina) and Kirsten Wiebe (Germany). |
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GLOBELICS 2007
Posted: 2007-09-03
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| Orthodox church in downtown Saratov (Source: Wikipedia) |
The 5th GLOBELICS Conference takes place in Saratov, Russia from 19-23 September on the theme, "Regional and National Innovation Systems for Development, Competitiveness and Welfare: the Government-Academia-Industry Partnership." As in past years there will be a strong UNU-MERIT presence at the meeting, with eight accepted papers. One of the highlights this year will be a special session commemorating the 25th anniversary of Nelson & Winter’s seminal book "Evolutionary theory of economic changes."
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UNU-MERIT researchers speak at World IT Forum
Posted: 2007-09-05 |
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| Ekin Keskin (right), a Graduate Fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute in Addis Ababa introduces UNU-MERIT colleagues Rishab Ghosh and Philipp Schmidt (from left respectively) to traditional Ethiopian food. Rishab and Philipp were among the speakers at the World IT Forum (WITFOR), held in Addis Ababa in August. |
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This month's featured publication
Posted: 2007-09-03
Teaching Pluralism in Economics, Edited by John Groenewegen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Edward Elgar, 2007). UNU-MERIT researcher Rifka Weehuizen has contributed a chapter titled: "Interdisciplinarity and Problem-based Learning in Economics Education: The Case of Infonomics."
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