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Bluhm, Richard, 2015, Growth Dynamics and Development: Essays in Applied Econometrics and Political Economy, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, 2015, The Prospects and Politics of Social Protection Reform in Zambia, IDS Working Paper 453, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, awarded with Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) Publication Grant, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2015, Human capital, innovation and the distribution of firm growth rates, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-013 | Abstract
Aboal, Diego & Ezequiel Tacsir, 2015, Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing: The role of ICT investment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-012 | Abstract
Wang, Lili & Mario Coccia, 2015, Evolutionary convergence of the patterns of international research collaborations across scientific fields, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-011 | Abstract
Lavopa, Alejandro, 2015, Structural transformation and economic development. Can development traps be avoided?, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Arundel, Anthony & Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa, 2015, The nature and incidence of workgroup innovation in the Australian public sector: Evidence from the 2011 State of the Service survey, Australian Journal of Public Administration, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12095, More information
Falvey, Rod & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2015, North-South FDI and Bilateral Investment Treaties, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-010 | Abstract
Nour, Samia S. O. M., 2015, Information and Communication Technology in Sudan: An Economic Analysis of Impact and Use in Universities, Springer International Publishing, AG, Cham, Switzerland, Springer Series Contributions to Economics, 374 p, More information
Crescenzi, Riccardo, Carlo Pietrobelli & Roberta Rabellotti, 2015, The location strategies of multinationals from emerging countries in the EU regions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-009 | Abstract
Konte, Maty, 2015, The effects of remittances on support for democracy in Africa: Are remittances a curse or a blessing?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-008 | Abstract
Cevikarslan, Salih, 2015, Research joint ventures in an R&D driven market with evolving consumer preferences: An evolutionary multi-agent based modelling approach, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-007 | Abstract
Zhao, Jinjin, 2015, Urban water management reform: The case of China, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Chattopadhyay, Sutapa, 2015, Review Essay of Silvia Federici's 'Revolution at Point Zero'. PM Press. Capitalism Nature Socialism, Taylor and Francis group, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10455752.2015.1005989
Rodriguez, Omar, 2015, Entrepreneurship and its analysis in Colombia: A contextualized literature review, Cuadernos de Economía, 34(66), More information
Azomahou, Théophile T. & Eleni Abraham Yitbarek, 2015, Poverty persistence and informal risk management: Micro evidence from urban Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-006 | Abstract
Awel, Yesuf & Théophile T. Azomahou, 2015, Risk preference or financial literacy? Behavioural experiment on index insurance demand, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-005 | Abstract
Zhelyazkova, Nevena, 2015, Work-Family Reconciliation and Use of Parental Leave in Luxembourg. Empirical Analysis of Administrative Records, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Vallizadeh, Ehsan, Joan Muysken & Thomas Ziesemer, 2015, Offshoring of medium-skill jobs, polarization, and productivity effect: Implications for wages and low-skill unemployment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-004 | Abstract
Ruiz, Isabel, Melissa Siegel & Carlos Vargas-Silva, 2015, Forced Up or Down? The Impact of Forced Migration on Social Status, Journal of Refugee Studies, 28: 183-201, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feu035, More information
Celbis, Mehmet Guney, P. Nijkamp & Jacques Poot, 2015, Infrastructure and Trade: A Meta-Analysis, Region, 1(1): 25-65, More information
Bluhm, Richard & Kaj Thomsson, 2015, Ethnic divisions, political institutions and the duration of declines: A political economy theory of delayed recovery, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-003 | Abstract
Iizuka, Michiko & Jorge Katz, 2015, Globalisation, sustainability and the role of institutions: The case of the chilean salmon industry, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 106: 140-153, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12132, More information
Iizuka, Michiko, Philippe Mawoko, Fred Gault & Howard Hudson (eds.), Jan 2015, Innovation for Development in Southern and Eastern Africa: Challenges for Promoting ST&I Policy, After three decades of trial and error, innovation policy is now taking off in Africa. The African Union recently devised a new strategy called the ‘Science, Technology and Innovation
(ST&I) Strategy for Africa 2024
(STISA-2024)’ in parallel with each member country’s efforts to harness ST&I policy, More information
Koser, Khalid & Katherine Kuschminder, 2015, Comparative Research on the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Migrants, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Switzerland
Nseluke, Mutinta Hambayi, Wim Groot & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2015, The effect of supplementation with locally available foods on stunting. A review of theory and evidence, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-002 | Abstract
Raymond, Wladimir & Tatiana Plotnikova, 2015, How does firms' perceived competition affect technological innovation in Luxembourg?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-001 | Abstract
Loschmann, Craig & Melissa Siegel, 2015, Revisiting the Motivations behind Remittance Behavior: Evidence of Debt-Financed Migration from Afghanistan, migration letters, 12(1), More information
Wong, Chan-Yuan & Lili Wang, 2015, Trajectories of science and technology and their co-evolution in BRICS: Insights from publication and patent analysis, Journal of Informetrics, 9(1): 90-101, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.11.006, More information
Azomahou, Théophile T., T. Mishra & Mamata Parhi, 2015, Economic Growth under Stochastic Population and Pollution Shocks, The Manchester School, 83(3): 314-345, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12062, More information
Coccia, Mario & Lili Wang, 2015, Path-breaking directions of nanotechnology-based chemotherapy and molecular cancer therapy, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 94: 155-169, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.09.007, More information
Akay, Alpaslan, Lisa Andersson, Peter Martinsson & Haileselassie Medhin (eds.), 2014, Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments, Journal of African Economies, 23(5): 673-699, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju017
Fransen, Sonja & Katherine Kuschminder, 2014, Lessons learned from refugee return settlement policies in Africa: A case study on Burundi's Rural Integrated Villages, Refugee Survey Quarterly, 33(1): 59-67, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdt023, More information
Fransen, Sonja & Valentina Mazzucato, 2014, Remittances and household wealth after conflict: A case study on urban Burundi, World Development, 60: 57-68, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.018, More information
Brown, Richard, Jørgen Carling, Sonja Fransen & Melissa Siegel, 2014, Measuring remittances through surveys: Methodological and conceptual issues for survey researchers and data analysts, Demographic Research, 31(41): 1243-1274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.41, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2014, Human Development and Critical Autonomy: Development projects as social learning spaces, Paper presented at the 5th Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Association for Human Development and the Capabilities Approach (ALCADECA): ‘Ethics, Agency and Human Development’. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru (14-16/05/2014)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , Oct 15, 2014, Human Autonomy Effectiveness: A people-centred assessment framework, Talk at the Academic Symposium “Pathways to autonomy in microfinance” for the 20th anniversary of ADA, financed by the Luxembourg Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg (15/10/2014) (Invited and sponsored participant)
Lal, Kaushalesh, 2014, Innovation and Institutions: A study of ICT-MSMEs in India, in: Kesab Das (Ed.), Globalization and Standards: Issues and Challenges in Indian Business, Springer, Germany
García-Quevedo, José, Gabriele Pellegrino & Marco Vivarelli, 2014, R&D Drivers and Age: Are Young Firms Different?, Research Policy, 43: 1544-1556
Ortega-Argilés, R., Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli, 2014, The Transatlantic Productivity Gap: Is R&D the Main Culprit?, Canadian Journal of Economics, 47: 1342-1371
Narula, Rajneesh, 2014, Foreign direct investment as a driver of industrial development: why is there so little evidence?, in: International Business and Sustainable Development, Progress in International Business Research, Volume 8, Emerald Group Publishing, UK
Narula, Rajneesh, 2014, The Limits of 'New' Multinational Enterprises, in: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra and Ravi Ramamurti (eds), Understanding Multinationals from Emerging Markets, Cambridge University Press, UK
Narula, Rajneesh, 2014, Exploring the paradox of competence-creating subsidiaries: balancing bandwidth and dispersion in MNEs, Long Range Planning, 24: 4-15
Negro, Giacomo, Fabiana Visentin & Anand Swaminathan, 2014, Resource Partitioning and the Organizational Dynamics of ‘Fringe Banking’, American Sociological Review, 79(4): 680-704
Muñoz, Viviana, Fabiana Visentin, Dominique Foray & Patrick Gaulé, 2014, Can Medical Products be Developed on a Non-profit Basis? Exploring Product Development Partnership for Neglected Diseases, Science and Public Policy(August 24): 1-24
Conti, Annamaria, Olgert Denas & Fabiana Visentin, 2014, Knowledge Specialization in PhD Student Groups, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61(1): 52-67
Gross, J., E. Woelbert, J. Zimmermann, Sanae Okamoto, Arno Riedl & R. Goebel, 2014, Value signals in the prefrontal cortex predict individual preferences across reward categories, Journal of Neuroscience, 34(22): 7580-7586
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz, 2014, The Millennium Development Goals after 2015: A Proposal for 2015-2030, Hochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, More information
Bárcena-Martín, Elena, Beatriz Lacomba, Ana I. Moro-Egido & Salvador Pérez-Moreno, 2014, Country Differences in Material Deprivation in Europe, Review of Income and Wealth, 60(4): 802-820, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12030, More information
Ong, Cheng Boon, Nov 2014, Autochtonen op 'zwarte' basisscholen slagen minder vaak, 1Limburg, More information