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Sustainability of Technology Intensive Social Innovations: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and User Freedom of Choice
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Global manufactures prices: how do China’s exports compare?
No full textIn this chapter, we analyze the evolution of the prices of globally traded manufactures between 1989 and 2006 to explore 1) whether the price-trends of goods exported by China behave differently to those exported by different categories of economies; and 2) whether the price-trends of globally traded goods behave differently depending on their embodied technological content. We focus on the evolution of unit prices of manufactures between 1989 and 2006 across a range of sectors in three major importing markets - the EU, Japan and the United States. ..
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Innovation under the radar as a response to constraints: the nature of innovation in Africa
No full textUsing qualitative case study, and unique firm-level survey data in Ghana and Tanzania collected between 2013 and 2015, this chapter analyses the nature and the sources of innovation in both formal and informal sectors. Also, the chapter explores the learning processes underlying innovations as well the various institutional constraints underlying these innovations in Ghana and Tanzania. Our analyses reveal that innovation occurs just about anywhere in Ghana and Tanzania, and innovation is widespread across all sectors, including formal and informal sectors. Our results also show that firms engage in multiple incremental innovations at the same time, enabling firms to gain complementary effects. Knowledge spillover, imitation and adaptation were identified as the main mechanisms through which knowledge is transferred for innovation activities in Ghana and Tanzania
Green windows of opportunity:Latecomer development in the age of transformation toward sustainability
Full text linkThe world is in the early stages of a paradigm transition toward a global green economy. In this article, we propose the notion of green windows of opportunity, highlighting the importance of institutional changes in the creation of new opportunities for latecomer development. We emphasize how demand and mission-guided technical change influence the directionality of latecomer development and highlight the important role emerging economies may attain in the global green transformation. We provide important insights regarding opportunities for green development in emerging economies, how these opportunities emerge in different renewable energy sectors and their implications for the global green economy
Communication with Surprise – Computational Principles of Goal Signaling in Novel Human Interactions
No full textCommunication, often grounded in shared expectations, faces challenges without common linguistic backgrounds. Our study explores how people instinctively turn to the fundamental principles of the physical world to overcome communication barriers. Specifically, through the Tacit Communication Game, we investigate how participants develop novel strategies for conveying messages without relying on common linguistic signals. We developed a new computational model built from the principle of expectancy violations of a set of common universal priors derived from movement kinetics. The model closely resembles the Sender’s messages, with its core variable – the information-theoretic surprise – explaining the Receiver’s physiological and neural responses. This is evidenced by a significant correlation with the pupil diameter, indicating cognitive effort, and neural activity in brain areas related to expectancy violations. This work highlights the adaptability of human communication, showing how surprise can be a powerful tool in forming new communicative strategies without relying on common languag
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