This paper uses unconditional quantile regression analysis to interrogate the effects of institutional quality on innovation outcomes. We assess important determinants such as property rights (including enforcement intellectual rights), human resources within R&D and high-technology exports. Regarding rights, while most previous research focuses patent strength (de jure or book law), we focus d...

Radical drug innovations are of great importance to pharmaceutical firms and public health. Understanding the determinants involved in successful radical is key increasing this type output future. The objective review search literature for firm-level innovation. Following a systematic approach, we considered more than 4100 peer-reviewed journal articles PhD theses, which included 38 narrative s...

BACKGROUND In order to improve the health of the most vulnerable groups in society, the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) called for multi-sectoral action, which requires research and policy on the multiple and inter-linking factors shaping health outcomes. Most conceptual tools available to researchers tend to focus on singular and specific social determinants of health (S...

Globalization is a key context for the study of social determinants of health (SDH). Broadly stated, SDH are the conditions in which people live and work, and that affect their opportunities to lead healthy lives.In this first article of a three-part series, we describe the origins of the series in work conducted for the Globalization Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization's Commiss...