7,662 research outputs found
Ivan Savin - Use of Networking in creating new knowledge
No full textContent: Strong ties - Weak ties; Bridge-and-cluster Structur
Complementary or adverse? Comparing development results of official funding from China and traditional donors in Africa
No full textWhile China has become an important source of aid and other official funding for Africa, its coordination with other development partners remains limited, and its contribution to development has been questioned. Despite different development models represented by China and traditional donors, recent studies demonstrated that funding from the two has similar determinants, but little was done to systematically compare their role for development. The paper evaluate their impacts on infrastructure, governance, external debt sustainability and dependence on natural resources. Furthermore, we explore whether there are (dis)advantages from the presence of both donors. Overall, we find that China has similar, beneficial, impact when compared with traditional donors on all the development dimensions but debt. The presence of both donors, in turn, has a positive effect on debt sustainability, but negative impacts on the other dimensions. We interpret these results based on effective development cooperation principles of ownership, alignment, harmonisation, and accountability
Forecasting Russian Foreign Trade Comparative Advantages in the Context of a Potential WTO Accession
No full textFor the private and public sector in any particular country it is crucial to know, which industries may exhibit comparative advantages, that for some reasons are not realized. This can efficiently help all current and potential actors to improve their economic strategy both at the micro- and macroeconomic level. In this paper we propose an approach of forecasting comparative advantages dynamics in foreign trade. The instrument is based on relative price differences and is efficient for countries in the process of economic liberalization. An empirical analysis based on the example of Central and East European countries confirms a good performance in the sense of predictive power of this instrument. On the example of Russia, experiencing a period of economic liberalization and with the prospect to join the WTO agreements, we demonstrate which sectors are most likely to contain comparative advantages in the near future.comparative advantage, economy in transition, Balassa index, Lafay index
How different aid flows affect different trade flows: Evidence from Africa and its largest donors
No full textIn this study we compare the impacts of official finance coming from the largest donors of African countries on bilateral trade flows between the donor and the recipient. Applying a gravity model approach, we distinguish between development finance and other official flows. We find that official finance from all the donors stimulates export of goods to Africa, while trade flows in the opposite direction are fostered in the case of China and Europe, but not for the US. Despite some claims in the literature that aid from China aims at securing import of natural resources, we find evidence that countries receiving Chinese aid raise their bilateral export of manufactured goods and not of primary commodities. Finally, while for Europe and the US official flows other than development assistance play a bigger role in shaping trade flows, China primarily uses highly concessional and development oriented flows. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Yuriy Hryvniak as a researcher of the biography of Ivan Puluj
No full textМатеріал тез присвячено дослідженню сторінок біографії
Юрія Гривняка - автора монографії про Івана Пулюя, яку було
опубліковано 1971 року у Лондоні завдяки фінансовій підтримці Союзу
українців у Великій Британії. Автором було використано ряд фото та
архівних матеріалів, отриманих від О. Пулюя. На жаль, творчість і
життєвий шлях Ю. Гривняка є маловідомими в Україні, а доля зібраних
ним джерел потребує фахового дослідженняThese theses are devoted to the study of the pages of Yuriy
Hryvniak’s biography. He was the author of a monograph dedicated to the study
of the life and activities of the famous Ukrainian scientist and public figure Ivan
Puluj. The author used a number of photos and archival materials received from
O. Puluj. Unfortunately, the creativity and life path of Y. Hryvniak is little
known in Ukraine, and the fate of the sources collected by him requires
professional researc
Note from David Kirchman to Ivan Valiela at the Ecosystems Center
No full textTitle page of the book "Processes in Microbal Ecology". The author, David L. Kirchman, has written a note to Ecosystems Center scientist Ivan Valiela.Note reads: "Ivan- You & the MBL Marine Ecology course got me going in this field. Thanks. David Kirchman"photograph
Ivan Žuvela Šabo and His Etnographic Record from 1892
No full textU ovom tekstu otkriva se identitet autora jednog starijeg etnografskog zapisa nastalog na otoku Korčuli. Riječ je o rukopisu „Narodne pjesme junačke i žetelačke“ iz 1892., a koji se čuva u Arhivu Odsjeka za etnologiju Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Iako je u tom rukopisu autor potpisan kao „Ivan Žuvela, pravnik“, dosada ga se nije moglo točnije identificirati, iznesena je kriva pretpostavka, a čak se i spekuliralo da je riječ o pseudonimu. Istraživanjem dostupnih izvora i novinskih zapisa ipak se utvrdilo kako je zaista riječ o Velolučaninu Ivanu Žuveli iz grane Šabo, studentu prava koji je umro u svojoj 23-oj godini života, samo godinu dana po nastanku ovog rukopisa. Uz autora, u tekstu se detaljno progovara o rukopisu i njegovom iznimnom značaju za proučavanje nekadašnje svakodnevice, a posebno žetelačkih običaja na zapadnom dijelu otoka Korčule.This text reveals the identity of the hitherto unknown author one of the oldest known ethnographic record from the island of Korčula. The manuscript titled “Narodne pjesme junačke i žetelačke” (Folk Songs of Heroes and Harvesters) dates back to 1892 and is preserved in the Archive of the Ethnology Division at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb. Although the author of the manuscript is signed as “Ivan Žuvela, legal scholar,” his precise identification has remained elusive, with incorrect assumptions and even speculation about a possible pseudonym. Through research of available sources and newspaper records, it has now been conclusively determined that the author is indeed Ivan Žuvela from Vela Luka, a member of the Šabo family, and a law student who passed away at the age of 23, just a year after creating this manuscript. In addition to introducing the author, this text provides a detailed exploration of the manuscript and its exceptional significance for studying the everyday life of the past, particularly the harvesting customs on the western part of the island of Korčula
Riflessioni su "Note su una teoria d'impresa" di Ivan Snehota
No full textIl capitolo ripercorre, riassume e discute i lavori scientifici del prof. Ivan Snehota a partire dalla monografia "Note su una teoria d'impresa" che contiene le basi del suo pensiero e del futuro lavoro di ricerca. Traendo spunto dagli studi del prof. Snehota l'Autore suggerisce percorsi di sviluppo della ricerca sulle reti tra imprese.The chapter summarizes and debates Emeritus prof. Ivan Snehota's studies since his Ph.D thesis. Following such an analysis the author suggests future research directions on the topic of business networks
Factor-Biased Technical Change and Specialization Patterns
No full textWe analyze the medium- and long-run effects of international integration of capital markets on specialization patterns of countries. For that purpose, we incorporate induced technical change into a Heckscher-Ohlin model with a continuum of final goods. This provides a comprehensive theory that explains the dynamics of comparative advantages based on differences in effective factor endowments. Our model constitutes an appropriate framework for understanding the changes in industrial structure of foreign trade observed, e.g., in the CEE countries over the last two decades. In addition, our approach provides a theoretical foundation for the empirical prospective comparative advantage index (Savin and Winker 2009) with new insights into the future dynamics of comparative advantages. Eventually, the model may serve as a basis to set development priorities in countries being in the period of transition.Factor-biased technical change, continuum of goods, comparative advantage, factor mobility, innovation, knowledge spillovers
Figure S1 - Supplemental material for Epidemiology and Patient Distribution of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal SCC in Canada
No full textSupplemental material, Figure S1, for Epidemiology and Patient Distribution of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal SCC in Canada by Feras M. Ghazawi, Jessica Lu, Evgeny Savin, Andrei Zubarev, Peter Chauvin, Denis Sasseville, Anthony Zeitouni and Ivan V. Litvinov in Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery</p
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