How will Work be Different?27 October, 10.30am ETErik Brynjolfsson, Kai-fu LeeDiscussant in follow-up session: Teresa Farinha Session detailsIn the future, how will work be different, what jobs are most at risk, what jobs are likely to grow? Please follow this link to join the follow-up discussion! The start time is ca. 2pm ET after the …
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Katherine Hauck, PhD Candidate at the University of Arizona, will present her work: *Farm Production in Purchased and Homesteaded Farms in Kansas, circa 1870 * Abstract:The Homestead Act of 1862 greatly reduced the cost of federal land in the United States. Farm productivity is a function of settler characteristics at the individual level and land …
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Young Scholars Workshop Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development WG Session 5: Innovation Agents and Regional Development: Firms and Universities. Mentor: Prof. Harley Silva (UFPA) Anna Hehenberger (Momentum Institut) “Regional development by a lead firm in Austria: An analysis of economic, social and political factors” Ronara Reis (UNIFEI) “UNIVERSIDADE E TERRITÓRIO: UM AGENTE DA INFORMAÇÃO, DO …
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Young Scholars Workshop Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development WG Session 6: Absorptive Capacity and Diffusion of Technology. This session will be held in an External Link ACESSE AQUI / ATTEND HERE Mentor: Prof. Janaína Rufoni (UNISINOS) Beatriz Pereira de Almeida (UFJF) “Determinantes da capacidade de absorção sob a ótica dos dados de citações de patentes” …
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Get you DAGs ready! In this meeting, we will discuss the utilization of DAGs in the context of Instrumental variables. The paper we are going to DAGify is: TBD
Now it's time to get our hands dirty! The objective of this session is to dagify the following paper:TBD Following the presentation of the possible DAGs, we will discuss whether the inclusion of the DAG would have made the assumptions made in the paper easier to understand and why.
Session 4: Instrumental variablesReading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 8 "Instrumental variables")Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html Dear young scholars,Last week we had a technical issue with the platform, and so we decided to reschedule the IV meeting for October 27. We will focus our discussions on: Representation of IVs with DAGs Estimation of IVs under heterogenous effects (LATE estimators) …
The Co-operative African two-day workshop run co-currently with the Virtual Co-operative University of Kenya, (CUK) 4th Annual Conference at the Co-operative University of Kenya. There will be two invited presenters (seasoned scholars in co-operatives) who will also act the role of mentors. These scholars will give their overview on co-operatives in the changing world in …
The key note speaker will center on the enablers of cooperatives in sustainable development: how businesses should be re-aligning their strategies, practices, and operations so as to unlock investments and innovation in support of the government agenda of promoting activities that will promote sustainable development, overcome global problems such as extreme poverty, scarce natural resourceexploitation …
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VIII Seminário de Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas Conhecimento, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Regional Mesa 2 “Ambientes de Inovação e Desenvolvimento Local: Clusters, Incubadoras e Parques Tecnológicos” Prof. Adriana Ferreira de Faria (CENTEV e UFV) Prof. Marco Crocco (BHTEC e CEDEPLAR/UFMG) ACESSE AQUI / ATTEND HERE Adriana Ferreira de Faria: Professora do Departamento de Engenharia de Produção …
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Co-operatives are unique models as they are guided by the principles of voluntary and open membership, economic cooperation and democratic control. This means that any individual regardless of wealth and gender can participate in a co-operative. It is these principles that raise questions on the sustainability of the co-operative business model in the modern world. …
Presentations on the theme of Governance and Inclusion in Cooperatives