IKD: Innovation, Knowledge and Development
Seminars 2006-2007
26 October 2006: GUSZTAV NEMES (Institute of Economy at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Integration and disintegration; the reason for failure of rural policies in a transition economy. (Central Meeting Room 15).
9 November 2006: MANFRED BIENEFELD (School of Public Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa): China and World Development: Bringing Latent Contradictions to a Head. (Central Meeting Room 15).
23 November 2006: RON BOSCHMA (Section of Economic Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University): Related variety and regional development. (Michael Young Building, Room 4).
1 February 2007: HARRY ROTHMAN (Editor - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Institute for Innovation Research at Manchester University): Great expectations: the social function of science revisited. (Central Meeting Room 03)
28 February 2007: PIERRE MOHNEN (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Maastricht University and Professorial Fellow at MERIT): 
What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?. (Library Research Seminar Room). (PDF document, 453 KB)
15 March 2007: RAPHIE KAPLINSKY (Prof of International Development, The Open University): Terms of Trade Reversal? Implications for Development Strategies and Income Distribution in SSA. (Michael Young Building Presentation Area). Background Paper: Revisiting the Revisited Terms of Trade: Will China Make a Difference? (PDF document, 214 KB). 
Presentation slides (Powerpoint document, 1.52 MB)
5 April 2007: AFONSO CARLOS CORREA FLEURY (Head of Department of Production Engineering, University of Sao Paolo): Internationalization: the perspectives of late movers. (Central Meeting Room 11. Lunch at 12:00 - Seminar at 12:30).
19 April 2007: MARCO GUERRAZZI (Research Fellow in Department of Economics, University of Pisa): The transition from Temporary to Permanent Employment: Evidence from Tuscany. (Central Meeting Room 07). (PDF document, 372 KB). Presentation slides (Powerpoint document, 246 KB).
26 April 2007: EROL TAYMAZ (Faculty of Economics, Middle-East Technical University): The Structure of Structural Change and Growth. (Central Meeting Room 06). (PDF document, 447 KB). Presentation slides (Powerpoint document, 346 KB)
3 May 2007: FEDERICO TAMAGNI (LEM, Laboratory of Economics and Management Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna): Cost Structure and Performance of Italian Firms. (Central Meeting Room 07). Background Paper: Financial Fragility and Growth Dynamics of Italian Business Firms (PDF document, 380 KB). Background Paper: Productivity, Profitability and Financial Fragility: Empirical Evidence from Italian Business Firms (PDF document, 6.1 MB).
14 June 2007: MERI KOIVUSALO (Finnish National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health): In the common interest? Commentary on the work and contents of WHO intergovernmental working group on innovation, intellectual property rights and public health. (Central Meeting Room 07).
19 June 2007: LUIGI ORSENIGO (Professor, Brescia University and CESPRI; Visiting Professor, OU Economics): IPRs and Development: the Case of Pharmaceuticals. (Central Meeting Room 14, 13:30).