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Research-based start-ups (RBSUs) differ in their early growth. Some firms grow very rapidly, while others grow slowly or do not grow at all. In this paper, the authors bring insights in the causes of the diversity in the early growth of RBSUs. To identify some of the key factors that affect growth, they study the initial resource base and the firm’s market strategy.

Micro level studies in developing countries suggest managerial skills play a key role in the adoption of modern technologies. The authors present a model of the interactive process between on-the-job managerial skill acquisition and the adoption of modern technology.

The paper analyzes the process of economic convergence of transition countries during the period 1995–2004. Analyses of the macroeconomic, human capital, infrastructure indicators of the current accession countries compared with the previous cohesion countries indicated that the new members have been much better prepared to the enlargement.

Since 1985, the Chinese government has given high priority to building roads, particularly high-quality roads that connect industrial centers. This report evaluates the contribution roads have made to poverty reduction and economic growth in China over the last two decades.

The authors present a theory of the organization of work in an economy where knowledge is an essential input in production: a knowledge economy. They use the theory to study the impact of information and communication technology, and contrast its predictions with U.S. evidence.

The author uses microeconomic estimates of the effect of health on individual outcomes to construct macroeconomic estimates of the proximate effect of health on GDP per capita.

The author critiques five major rankings that claim to measure the capacity or potential for economic growth. Are they based on science? Do they have biases? Do they in fact work as predictors of economic activity? The indices analyzed here vary widely in the factors that underlie them, but they have one thing in common: they claim that places with lower taxes and fewer government regulations are better.

The purpose of the impact assessment is to carry out a longitudinal study of the impact of specific ARP/ATP funded projects to document long-term benefits and long-term impact of ARP/ATP funded research programs to both the educational and industrial enterprises in Texas. This assessment addresses only the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), including the Technology Development and Transfer (TDT) grants.

This paper shows evidence of positive effects in the economic development of sending communities in Mexico due to migration. The principal hypothesis of this study is that remittances, knowledge and experience acquired by migrants during their migratory cycle, can be translated into larger economic growth in the out migration municipalities.

The paper focuses on relationship-specific investment, incomplete contracts, and also search and matching, as fundamental concepts that explain outsourcing decisions.