03301oam 22007335 450 991109758900332120251117091203.09786613300621978128330062912833006219780821387412082138741310.1596/978-0-8213-8740-5(CKB)2550000000050516(EBL)787637(OCoLC)757261322(SSID)ssj0000569242(PQKBManifestationID)12273123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000569242(PQKBWorkID)10541674(PQKB)11178175(MiAaPQ)EBC787637(Au-PeEL)EBL787637(CaPaEBR)ebr10506403(CaONFJC)MIL330062(OCoLC)769188450(The World Bank)2011024386(US-djbf)16873719(Perlego)1483820(EXLCZ)99255000000005051620110715d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIgniting innovation : rethinking the role of government in emerging Europe and Central Asia /Itzhak Goldberg ... [and others]1st ed.Washington, D.C. :World Bank,c2011.xviii, 165 pages illustrations (some color), map (some color) ;26 cm"Europe and Central Asia Region."9780821387405 0821387405 Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165).Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Why innovation matters-and what the government should do about it; 2. Acquiring technology from abroad-leveraging the resources of foreign investors and inventors; 3. Connecting research to firms-options for reforming the public RDIs; 4. Bringing innovations to market-boosting private incentives through public instruments; References; Boxes; Figures; TablesInnovation and technology absorption are now firmly recognized as one of the main sources of economic growth for emerging and advanced economies alike. That is why innovation is seen as a possible catalyst for revitalizing post-transition economies hit hard by the recent financial and economic crisis.Is government intervention needed to foster innovation in post-transition economies? This is the central question to which this book responds. The answer is yes, but a qualified yes. Innovation activities are rife with market failures that tend to hold back private investment. And badly designed oWorld Bank e-Library.Research, IndustrialEconomic aspectsEndowment of researchEuropeEndowment of researchAsiaGovernment spending policyResearch, IndustrialEconomic aspects.Endowment of researchEndowment of researchGovernment spending policy.338/.064094Goldberg Itzhak1947-1949711DLCDLCDLCBOOK9911097589003321Igniting innovation4706337UNINA03869nam 2200661 a 450 991115303740332120251117090539.09786613277794978128327779212832777949780520948662052094866110.1525/9780520948662(CKB)2550000000040494(EBL)730756(OCoLC)741492736(SSID)ssj0000535025(PQKBManifestationID)11364410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535025(PQKBWorkID)10522526(PQKB)10561276(DE-B1597)520384(OCoLC)750192946(DE-B1597)9780520948662(Au-PeEL)EBL730756(CaPaEBR)ebr10483582(CaONFJC)MIL327779(Perlego)552394(MiAaPQ)EBC730756(EXLCZ)99255000000004049420100730d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChuckwalla land the riddle of California's desert /David Rains Wallace1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780520256163 0520256166 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexDescribed as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California-its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America. Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, Wallace illuminates the desert's intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a controversial, unresolved scientific debate about the origin and evolution of its unusual ecosystems. Eminent scientists and scholars appear throughout these pages, including maverick paleobiologist Daniel Axelrod, botanist Ledyard Stebbins, and naturalists Edmund Jaeger and Joseph Wood Krutch. Weaving together ecology, geology, natural history, and mythology in his characteristically eloquent voice, Wallace reveals that there is more to this starkly beautiful landscape than meets the eye.Desert biologyCaliforniaDesertsCaliforniaDesert biologyDeserts578.75409794Wallace David Rains1945-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911153037403321UNINA