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Drivers and Barriers of Innovation Dynamics in Healthcare - Towards a framework for analyzing innovation in Tuberculosis control in India Nora Engel full text | abstract | |
Flexibility and innovation in response to emerging infectious diseases: Reactions to multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis in India Nora Engel full text | abstract | |
Developing internationally comparable indicators for the commercialization of publicly-funded research Anthony Arundel & Catalina Bordoy full text | abstract | |
Normative Power is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Empirical Assessment of Perceptions of EU Identity at the WTO Elisabeth de Zutter & Francisco Toro full text | abstract | |
A percolation model of the product lifecycle Koen Frenken, Gerald Silverberg & Marco Valente full text | abstract | |
Export Demand Elasticities as Determinants of Growth: Estimates for Mauritius Alexis Habiyaremye & Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
Public Capital and Income Distribution: a Marriage of Hicks & Newman-Read Yoseph Yilma Getachew full text | abstract | |
Global Migration of the Highly Skilled: A Tentative and Quantitative Approach Theo Dunnewijk full text | abstract | |
Learning Networks Matter: Challenges to Developing Learning-Based Competence in Mango Production and Post-Harvest in Andhra Pradesh, India Laxmi Prasad Pant, Helen Hambly Odame, Andy Hall & R. Sulaiman full text | abstract | |
Private Capacity and Public Failure: Contours of Livestock Innovation Response Capacity in Kenya Ekin Keskin, Mirjam Steglich, Jeroen Dijkman & Andy Hall full text | abstract | |
EU enlargement and consequences for FDI assisted industrial development Rajneesh Narula & Christian Bellak full text | abstract | |
The Heterogeneity of MNC’ Subsidiaries and Technology Spillovers: Explaining positive and negative effects in emerging economies Anabel Marin & Subash Sasidharan full text | abstract | |
Formal and informal external linkages and firms’ innovative strategies. A cross-country comparison Isabel Bodas Freitas, Tommy Clausen, Roberto Fontana & Bart Verspagen full text | abstract | |
The Innovative Performance of Alliance Block Members: Evidence from the Microelectronics Industry Geert Duysters, Charmianne Lemmens, Wilko Letterie & Wim Vanhaverbeke full text | abstract | |
Worker remittances, migration, accumulation and growth in poor developing countries Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
Russia's emerging multinationals: trends and issues Sergey Filippov full text | abstract | |
FDI and Innovation as Drivers of Export Behaviour: Firm-level Evidence from East Asia Ganeshan Wignaraja full text | abstract | |
Alliance block composition patterns in the microelectronics industry Geert Duysters & Charmianne Lemmens full text | abstract | |
When a good science base is not enough to create competitive industries: Lock-in and inertia in Russian systems of innovation Rajneesh Narula & Irina Jormanainen full text | abstract | |
Nanotechnology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies Can Huang, Ad Notten & Nico Rasters full text | abstract | |
Growth with Endogenous Migration Hump and the Multiple, Dynamically
Interacting Effects of Aid in Poor Developing Countries Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
Public Capital, Income Distribution and Growth Yoseph Yilma Getachew full text | abstract | |
Europeanisation strategy of Chinese companies: Its perils and promises Sergey Filippov & Tina Saebi full text | abstract | |
Internationalization trajectories - a crosscountry comparison: Are large Chinese and Indian companies different? Fabienne Fortanier & Rob van Tulder full text | abstract | |
India’s Outward Foreign Direct Investments in Steel Industry in a Chinese Comparative Perspective Nagesh Kumar & Alka Chadha full text | abstract | |
Internationalization and Technological Catching Up of Emerging Multinationals: A Case Study of China’s Haier Group Geert Duysters, Jojo Jacob, Charmianne Lemmens & Jintian Hu full text | abstract | |
Internationalising to create Firm Specific Advantages: Leapfrogging strategies of U.S. Pharmaceutical firms in the 1930s and 1940s & Indian Pharmaceutical firms in the 1990s and 2000s Suma Athreye & Andrew Godley full text | abstract | |
Comparing Chinese and the Indian Software MNCs: Domestic and Export Market Strategies and their Interplay Jorge Niosi & F. Ted Tschang full text | abstract | |
The determinants of the outward foreign direct investment
of China and India: Whither the home country? Paz Estrella Tolentino full text | abstract | |
Agenda Disputes and Strategic Venue Preferences: The Doha Crisis and Europe’s Flight to Regionalism Francisco Toro full text | abstract | |
Habit Formation, Information Exchange and the Social Geography of Demand Zakaria Babutsidze & Robin Cowan A new version of this paper has been published as "Inertia, Interaction and Clustering in Demand," UNU-MERIT working paper 2009-045. full text | abstract | |
To Be or Not to Be at the BOP: A One-North-Many-Souths Model with Subsistence and Luxury Goods Adriaan van Zon & Tobias Schmidt full text | abstract | |
Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms René Belderbos, Banri Ito & Ryuhei Wakasugi full text | abstract | |
The challenge of measuring innovation in emerging economies' firms: A proposal of a new set of indicators on innovation Luciana Marins full text | abstract | |
Portrait of an Odd-Eyed Cat: Cultural Crossing as a Trademark for a Dutch-Thai Strategic Alliance Nantawan Noi Kwanjai & Friso den Hertog full text | abstract | |
The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands Semih Akçomak & Bas ter Weel full text | abstract | |
Experimentation with strategy and the evolution of dynamic capability in
the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector Dinar Kale, Shyama V. Ramani & Suma Athreye full text | abstract | |
A multilevel analysis of innovation in developing countries Martin Srholec full text | abstract | |
Further results on bias in dynamic unbalanced panel data models with
an application to firm R&D investment Boris Lokshin full text | abstract | |
The economic impact of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa Théophile T. Azomahou, R. Boucekkine & Bity Diene full text | abstract | |
Localized Innovation, Localized Diffusion and the
Environment: An Analysis of CO2 Emission Reductions by
Passenger Cars, 2000-2007 Bart Los & Bart Verspagen full text | abstract | |
Radical versus non-radical inventions Wilfred Schoenmakers, Geert Duysters & Wim Vanhaverbeke full text | abstract | |
Cross-border Investment and Economic Integration: The Case of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong SAR Naubahar Sharif & Can Huang full text | abstract | |
Wage effects of R&D tax incentives:
Evidence from the Netherlands Boris Lokshin & Pierre Mohnen This paper has been reviewed and published as WP2012-058. full text | abstract | |
Local Knowledge Spillovers, Innovation and Economic Performance in
Developing Countries: A discussion of alternative specifications E. Kesidou & Adam Szirmai full text | abstract | |
Promoting clean technologies: The energy market structure crucially matters Théophile T. Azomahou, R. Boucekkine & P. Nguyen Van full text | abstract | |
Changing Configuration of Alternative Energy Systems Radhika Mia & Lynn K. Mytelka This chapter is to be published in: Duysters, G., W.Dolfsma and I.Costa (eds.), Multinationals and Emerging Economies: the Quest for Innovation and Sustainability, Edward Elgar, 2008. full text | abstract | |
Strategic motivations for Sino-Western alliances: a comparative
analysis of Chinese and Western alliance formation drivers Tina Saebi & Qinqin Dong full text | abstract | |
Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving
countries Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
Regional Capital Inputs in Chinese Industry and Manufacturing,
1978-2003 Lili Wang & Adam Szirmai Joint working paper of UNU-MERIT and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre. full text | abstract | |
A closer look at the relationship between life expectancy and economic growth Théophile T. Azomahou, R. Boucekkine & Bity Diene full text | abstract | |
New Europe's promise for life sciences Sergey Filippov & Kálmán Kalotay full text | abstract | |
A percolation model of eco-innovation diffusion: the relationship between diffusion, learning economies and subsidies Simona Cantono & Gerald Silverberg full text | abstract | |
Serving low-income markets: Rethinking Multinational Corporations’ Strategies Shuan SadreGhazi & Geert Duysters full text | abstract | |
Facing the Trial of Internationalizing Clinical Trials to Developing Countries: With Some Evidence from Mexico Fernando Santiago-Rodriguez full text | abstract | |
If the Alliance Fits . . . : Innovation and Network Dynamics Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard This paper will appear in J.A.C. Baum and T.J Rowley (eds.), Network Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management, 25. Oxford UK: JAI/Elsevier, 2008. This paper also circulates as a paper in the working paper series of BETA, Université Louis Pasteur, Stras. full text | abstract | |
The ‘making of’ national giants: technology and governments shaping the international expansion of oil companies from Brazil and China Flavia Pereira de Carvalho & Andrea Goldstein full text | abstract | |
Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste management firms Ionara Costa, Asel Doranova & Geert-Jan Eenhoorn full text | abstract | |
The Innovativeness of Foreign Firms in China Branka Urem, Ludovico Alcorta & Tongliang An full text | abstract | |
Multinationals are Multicultural Units: Some Indications from a Cross-Cultural Study Nantawan Noi Kwanjai & Friso den Hertog full text | abstract | |
Knowledge Transfers between Canadian Business Enterprises and Universities: Does Distance Matter? Julio Miguel Rosa & Pierre Mohnen full text | abstract | |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Strategies in ICT SMEs in Enlarged Europe (EU25) Kaushalesh Lal & Theo Dunnewijk full text | abstract | |
Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations Rifka Weehuizen, Bulat Sanditov & Robin Cowan full text | abstract | |
Running The Marathon William Cowan, Robin Cowan & Patrick Llerena full text | abstract | |
Explaining Success and Failure in Development Adam Szirmai full text | abstract | |
Playing in Invisible Markets: Innovations in the Market for Toilets to Harness the Economic Power of the Poor Shyama V. Ramani full text | abstract | |
Embedding Research in Society: Development Assistance Options for Supporting Agricultural Innovation in a Global Knowledge Economy Andy Hall full text | abstract | |
The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits Lex Borghans, Angela Lee Duckworth, James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel full text | abstract | |
Crafting Firm Competencies to Improve Innovative Performance Boris Lokshin, Anita van Gils & Eva Bauer full text | abstract | |
The Voyage of the Beagle in Innovation Systems Land.
Explorations on Sectors, Innovation, Heterogeneity and
Selection Martin Srholec & Bart Verspagen full text | abstract | |
Knowledge-based productivity in ‘low-tech’ industries: evidence from firms in developing countries Micheline Goedhuys, Norbert Janz & Pierre Mohnen full text | abstract | |
Financial Constraints and Other Obstacles: Are they a Threat to Innovation Activity?
Pierre Mohnen, Franz Palm, Sybrand Schim van der Loeff & Amaresh Tiwari full text | abstract | |
Is Inter-Firm Labor Mobility a Channel of Knowledge spillovers? Evidence from a Linked Employer-Employee Panel Mika Maliranta, Pierre Mohnen & Petri Rouvinen An identical version has also been published as ETLA Discussion Paper No. 1116.. full text | abstract | |
Reframing technical change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity: Part 3. Tools for Diagnosis and Institutional Change in Innovation Systems Andy Hall, R. Sulaiman & Peter Bezkorowajnyj full text | abstract | |
Reframing technical change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity: Part 2. A Framework for Analysis Andy Hall, R. Sulaiman & Peter Bezkorowajnyj full text | abstract | |
Reframing technical change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity: Part 1. A Review of Historical and Recent Experiences Andy Hall, R. Sulaiman, Mona Dhamankar, Peter Bezkorowajnyj & Leela Prasad full text | abstract | |
Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions Luc Soete full text | abstract | |