MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Restructuring and economic performance: the experience of the Tunisian economy

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Health as a Principal Determinant of Economic Growth

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Long Waves: Conceptual, Empirical and Modelling Issues

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Vintage Modelling for Dummies using the Putty-Practically-Clay Approach

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Sources of growth: Measuring the knowledge based economy

For seven European countries macro-level indicators of the accumulation of intangible capital are developed. Using hedonic prices deflate investments in IT hardware, IT software and telecommunication equipment, for both intangibles and ‘smart’ tangibles capital stocks are constructed. These capital stock data are then used as an input to analyse the productivity effects for the business sector ...

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series The Implications of growing cross- border interdependence for systems of innovation

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, this paper highlights the importance of taking into account the role of non-domestic elements in an innovation system, which is traditionally studied by using the nation-state as the unit of analysis. Learning and knowledge accumulation is often assisted by inward and outward FDI, although this is sometimes overlooked in the study of innovation systems. Mul...