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UNU-MERIT to host ICIM2008
UNU-MERIT will host the 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM2008) in Maastricht from 10-11 December. Organized annually in rotation by Yamaguchi University in Japan and the Wuhan University of Technology in China, this is the first time the conference is organized in Europe. This follows the signing of an agreement to foster future collaboration between the three institutes in December 2007. The conference series aims to bring together managerial experts and researchers in the field of innovation, technology and management to explore ways of enhancing the international competitiveness of firms, technology sectors and countries. Online registration and submission of conference paper proposals is possible through the link provided below. |
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Negotiating a new agricultural innovation paradigm
The recent summit of the key UN agencies and multilateral development funding organizations on rising food prices has underlined the seriousness of a looming global crisis. In a recently published article, Dr. Andy Hall, coordinator of the UNU-MERIT/FAO network on rural innovation policy studies (LINK) asks whether the adoption of innovation systems ideas by the agricultural research community will address the institutional failures and lack of political will that have enabled unsustainable food production and distribution practices to take root. |
Andy Hall
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| European model United Nations conference in Maastricht |
Advisors Bilal Mirza, Abdul Baseer Qazi, Shuan SadreGhazi and Sergey Filippov
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| Several UNU-MERIT PhD researchers participated at the first European model United Nations conference in Maastricht from 17-20 April. The successful event attracted more than 450 participants and was organized by the Maastricht University UN Students Association, in collaboration with several international institutes linked to the university
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| Face of the month |
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Flavia Carvalho |
Flavia Carvalho
Flavia Carvalho (Brazil) joined the UNU-MERIT Phd Programme on "Innovation Studies and Development" in September 2006 and is carrying out research on foreign direct investment from emerging markets with a focus on Brazilian multinationals. Flavia is participating at the Columbia University conference "Thinking outward: global players from emerging markets," in May, which is co-organized by Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil where she will be undertaking research in the second half of 2008. In this month’s personal reflection she explains why there is more to Brazil than sun, sand and parties. |
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Recent event: MEIDE conference in Beijing
The second international Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE) took place in Beijing, China on April 21-23, 2008. The conference was coorganized by the Center for Applied Statistics (CAS) at the Renmin University of China and UNU-MERIT. |
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| Calendar of upcoming events |
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May 29 |
The Economics of Management in a large UK retail organizations - Nick Zubanov
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Jun 05 |
Social interdependencies in consumption: Fashion, fads, and positional
competition - Marina Bianchi |
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Jun 10 |
Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
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Jun 12 |
t.b.a. - Marianne van der Steen
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Jun 19 |
Transformations in China - Angus Maddison |
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| New publications |
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Knowledge Economies: Innovation, Organization and Location
This new book by UNU-MERIT researcher Wilfred Dolfsma makes a strong and coherent contribution to the discussion of the knowledge economy and of innovation, offering a range of theoretical insights from different disciplinary perspectives. The role of knowledge, knowledge development, and knowledge diffusion is discussed at the micro level of individuals and firms, but also at the level of groups of firms and sectors, as well as at the level of the economy at large. |
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| Latest UNU-MERIT Working Papers |
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[2008-032] T. Azomahou, R. Boucekkine & P. Nguyen Van: Promoting clean technologies: The energy market structure crucially matters
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[2008-031] R. Bhuyan & L. Mytelka: Changing Configuration of Alternative Energy Systems
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[2008-030] T. Saebi & Q. Dong: Strategic motivations for Sino-Western alliances: a comparative
analysis of Chinese and Western alliance formation drivers
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[2008-029] T. Ziesemer: Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving
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[2008-028] L. Wang & A. Szirmai: Regional Capital Inputs in Chinese Industry and Manufacturing,
1978-2003
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[2008-027] T. Azomahou, R. Boucekkine & B. Diene: A closer look at the relationship between life expectancy and economic growth
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