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Big names to boost UNU-MERIT research team
Posted: 2008-06-02
UNU-MERIT has welcomed two renowned scholars as affiliated professorial fellows. They will contribute to the institute’s growing research portfolio and provide advice and mentoring support for its large team of young researchers. |
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Prof. Paul David
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| Prof. Paul David |
Paul David is Professor (Emeritus) and Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, USA, and Professor Emeritus of Economics and Economic History at the University of Oxford, UK. He has extensive research experience in, among other areas: the economics of science and technology, the impact of diffusion of innovations on productivity change, and the role of compatibility standards in the dynamics of network development. On behalf of UNU-MERIT, Professor David has been appointed Visiting Professor of Innovation and Regulation of Digital Services for a newly established Chair at Telecom-ParisTech and l’Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
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Prof. Angus Maddison
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| Prof. Angus Maddison |
Professor Angus Maddison has had a long and distinguished career as an academic researcher in the area of long term economic growth. For the last 30 years, he has been based at the Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, where he is "Emeritus Professor of Economics." He is a former head of the Economics devision of OECD. At UNU-MERIT Professor Maddison will undertake research on the measurement of economic performance, technology levels, growth and productivity in a comparative perspective as part of the Institute’s research theme on technology, growth and development. On 19 June Angus Maddison will speak about transformations in China during a UNU-MERIT policy seminar.
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Major regional innovation project concluded
Posted: 2008-06-02 | Updated: 2008-06-20 |
The project team celebrates the launch of the second phase of the project
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| The completion of a major regional business innovation project involving more than 650 companies in the three Meuse-Rhine countries (Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) was marked by two events on 10th and 13th June. The project was coordinated by UNU-MERIT researchers Friso den Hertog and Raf Sluismans in collaboration with a team from Hasselt University and the Liege Province Development Agency (Belgium), and the Aachen regional technology centre (Germany). |
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Update of global business classic published
Posted: 2008-06-02
A new edition of "Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy" - first published a decade ago - is out. The book is authored by John H. Dunning (University of Reading, UK & Rutgers, New Jersey, USA) and Sarianna M. Lundan, (Maastricht University & ETLA, Finland) and a UNU-MERIT research affiliate. The acclaimed book has been described as "…not only an authoritative guide to contemporary multinational business, but a major historical resource for the future." |
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DEIP Jordan course this month
Posted: 2008-06-02
The next UNU-MERIT training course for policymakers in the Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP) takes place from 10-12 June in Jordan. The course is co-organized by the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) of Jordan, and the Jordan Innovation Centre for Engineers and Industrial Enterprises. |
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PhD Defence
Posted: 2008-06-02
UNU-MERIT researcher Rifka Weehuizen will defend her PhD dissertation titled "Mental Capital: the economic significance of mental health," at Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht University, on 27 June 2008, 12 pm.
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New research staff
Posted: 2008-06-02
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Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus
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| Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus |
Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus joined UNU-MERIT on 1st June as a full time senior researcher. He is the former head of the Poverty and Sectoral Development Directorate, at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) and a research associate with the department of economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr Gebreeyesus will contribute to the Institute’s research theme on Micro-based evidence research on innovation and technological change, where he will undertake research comparing the competitiveness and technological absorptive capacity of manufacturing firms in Africa and South Asia.
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Dr. Charmianne Lemmens
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| Dr. Charmianne Lemmens |
Dr. Charmianne Lemmens joined UNU-MERIT in April 2008 to undertake research on strategic alliances and networks, innovation strategies and alliance capability development. She is contributing to the Institute’s research theme on Innovation, Global Business Strategies and Host Country Development. She was previously Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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Strong UNU-MERIT presence at Sanjaya Lall conference
Posted: 2008-06-02
Several UNU-MERIT researchers, including Director Luc Soete have presented papers at the conference, "Confronting the Challenge of Technology for Development: Experiences from the BRICS," at Oxford University from 28-30 May. The conference was organized by the Sanjaya Lall Programme for Technology and Management for Development and the Department for International Development at the University. |
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Internationalisation of European ICT Activities
Posted: 2008-06-02 | Updated: 2008-06-20
H. Meijers, B. Dachs, P. Welfens: Internationalisation of European ICT Activities: Dynamics of Information and Communications Technology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
This book is based on the final report of a study carried out for carried out for the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, on the Internationalisation of European ICT activities. UNU-MERIT researchers Theo Dunnewijk and Huub Meijers, have contributed a chapter on "Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Trade Position," while Rene Wintjes wrote the chapter "From Case Studies: International Division of Labour Within ICT Companies."
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Multinational Enterprises and The Global Economy
Posted: 2008-06-02
John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan: Multinational Enterprises and The Global Economy, Second Edition, Edward Elgar.
'The rise of the multinational enterprise, and the consequent globalisation of the world economy, was arguably the single most important phenomenon of the second half of the twentieth century. This magisterial book, written by two leading authorities, examines this phenomenon in depth. It explains how foreign investment by multinationals diffused advanced technologies and novel management methods, driving productivity growth in Europe, Asia and North America; however, economic inequalities were reinforced as rich countries attracted more foreign investment than poor ones. This new edition of a classic work is not only an authoritative guide to contemporary multinational business, but a major historical resource for the future.’
– Mark Casson, University of Reading, UK
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