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Establishment of Science Parks in the Federal Region of Kurdistan

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Almas Heshmati () (University of Kurdistan Hawler, HIEPR and IZA)

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New growth models consider the role of technology in production. The link between product flows and information flows in international trade suggests investment in information technology as a leading sector in the developing countries growth. Several studies establish relationships between technology applications, capital formation and economic growth. Therefore establishment of Science Parks is relevant to the investment policies directed towards a rapid economic development. However, a new industrial technology policy and participation in the globalization process must be accompanied by market reforms, organizational change and comprehensive investment in human resources and other development infrastructures to raise production capacity and capability of the labour force to achieve a sustainable knowledge based economic development in the long-run. This essay proposes establishment of Science Parks in the Federal Region of Kurdistan and discusses necessary conditions for such investment to become fruitful and with expected impacts on the region’s economic development.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3252.

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Date of creation: Dec 2007
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Keywords: science parks; economic development; information technology; industrialization;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
O10 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
O14 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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  1. Fukugawa, Nobuya, 2006. "Science parks in Japan and their value-added contributions to new technology-based firms," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 381-400, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Link, Albert N. & Scott, John T., 2003. "U.S. science parks: the diffusion of an innovation and its effects on the academic missions of universities," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 21(9), pages 1323-1356, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hans Lööf & Almas Heshmati, 2006. "On the relationship between innovation and performance: A sensitivity analysis," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(4-5), pages 317-344, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Addison, Tony & Heshmati, Almas, 2003. "The New Global Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Countries: The Importance of ICT and Democratization," Working Papers UNU-WIDER Research Paper , World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
  5. Roghieh Gholami & Sang-Yong Tom Lee & Almas Heshmati, 2006. "The Causal Relationship Between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment," The World Economy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 29(1), pages 43-62, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Almas Heshmati, 2006. "Measurement of a Multidimensional Index of Globalization," Global Economy Journal, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 6(2). [Downloadable!]
  7. Heshmati, Almas, 2004. "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 1267, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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