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- leveraging private. Wagner, Matthew // Economic Development Journal;Summer2008, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p5
The article reports on the technology-guided economic development which has the trend to focus on methods and exercises for commercializing university-based research. It discusses that regions can also have a technology mismatch. It infers that Southeastern Wisconsin is just one of the many...
- The Impact of Innovation Centres on Small Technology-Based Firms: The Example of the Federal Republic of Germany. Sternberg, Rolf // Small Business Economics;Jun1990, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p105
Small and mediumasized enterprises have not only in the Federal Republic of Germany been the source of several strategies of economic development and innovation policy for some time. The majority of these measures aims at revealing the potential strength of small and med iumesized enterprises in...
- Hello, Innovation Norway. Cunningham, Paul; Dufour, Paul // Outlook on Science Policy;Apr2003, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p39
Discusses the Norwegian Ministry of Industry and Trade proposal entitled 'Instruments for an Innovative and Creative Industry.' Main goal for the innovation policy instrument system; Details on other objectives such as budget expansion for regional funds; Outlook for innovation support in Norway.
- Modelling the role of national system of innovation in economical differentiation. Ruiz, Ricardo M.; Albuquerque, Eduardo; Ribeiro, Leonardo C.; Bernardes, Am�rico T. // AIP Conference Proceedings;2005, Vol. 779 Issue 1, p162
Nowadays it is well accepted that science and technology has a fundamental role in the economic development (GNP per capita) of any country. Aiming to study this role, we introduce a model that creates an artificial world economy that is a network of countries. Each country has its own national...
- The illusion of innovation. Cote, Marcel // CA Magazine;Nov2002, Vol. 135 Issue 9, p60
Comments on Canadian government's strategy to promote innovation in the economy. Factors that drive economic growth; Consequences of the strategy; Problems with the innovation strategy of Canada.
- Government and new technology: the quiet U-turn? Rowe, Christopher J. // Journal of General Management;Autumn83, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p5
As the Thatcher Government enters it second term in Great Britain in the 1980s, it is natural to speculate whether there will be any reorientation in its policies, particularly in the economic and industrial spheres. But as this paper points out, a 'quiet U-turn' had already taken place by the...
- Scientific-Technological Development and Effectiveness in the Economy. Bacova, Viera // Eastern European Economics;Fall87, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p5
Examines the application of scientific-technological advances on the economic development program of Czechoslovakia. Need to employ scientific-technological progress to increase efficiency in the economy; Use of theoretical concepts for the effective functioning of the economy within the system...
- Breaking down the barriers to technological progress. Miller, Preston J.; Schmitz Jr., James A. // Region (10453369);Mar97, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p3
Discusses the role of government policy in promoting economic growth through technological progress in the United States. Labor productivity; Limitations of labor productivity by the available state of technology; Benefits of government policy's ensuring educational institutions' adaptation of...
- Editorial. Hornschild, Kurt // Economic Bulletin;Jul2004, Vol. 41 Issue 7, p219
This article presents the author's opinion on an innovation campaign launched by German Prime Minister Gerhard Schr�der. The campaign promises better conditions in such areas as vocational training, education and research and development, and for technology-based firms and new businesses. His...
