New @LSESEAC WP How did Singapore develop its thriving tech sector? We argue it was a combination of: - business fundamentals - a technological opportunity - a deliberate and unusual policy mix w. Metta Ni (@LSEGeography) + Augustin Boey (@LKYSch )

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@stianwestlake That is very interesting, despite being a detail I guess you might hope more academics would do work evaluating them. All I know of (not speaking German) is @pmllanos 's excellent paper on the non-German ones :

@NeilDotObrien This is great, thanks. Agree with problems of uni dominance (which has also created a powerful lobby, I guess)

@NeilDotObrien I was aiming for there, but also interested in here

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We have a well timed project on this

RT @ArchieHall: Conversely, once pushing through the better 2000-2010s vintage growth ideas (Heathrow Runway, OxCam Arc, etc) is out of the…

RT @McKinsey_MGI: As the world's population ages, the shape of population “pyramids” is changing. In most regions, these structures now re…

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@a_bergeaud Cool paper and ingenious instrument

RT @a_bergeaud: In this new WP with Max Deter, Maria Greve and Michael Wyrwich, we look at the question of the impact of migration on innov…

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