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Die Entwicklung selbständiger Erwerbstätigkeit in Westeuropa und den USA 1960-1995
Luber, Silvia; Gangl, Markus - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 1997
Self-employment still forms an important element in the social structure of modern societies. However, the group of the self-employed has experienced an enormous economic and social change. After a long term decline until the beginning of the 1970s in almost all industrialised countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754796
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Politicisation and Political Interest in Europe: A Multi-Level Approach
Deth, Jan W. van; Elff, Martin - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 2001
Political interest of citizens usually is depicted as an individual attribute that can be explained by referring to the resources and skills of the people concerned. The analyses presented here are based on a critical assessment of the explanatory power of these approaches in cross-national and...
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Political Involvement and Apathy in Europe 1973 - 1998
Deth, Jan van; Elff, Martin - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 2000
Many studies have underlined the existence of clear and persistent differences in the levels of political interest among European citizens. In this report these differences and developments in political involvement and political apathy are described and analysed, and conventional explanations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553277
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Crescimento Econ\363mico no P\363s-guerra: os Casos de Espanha, Portugal e Irlanda
Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2002
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076554
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Impact Evaluation of the Business Development Program for the Software Industry in Uruguay
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2010
The purpose of this impact evaluation is to assess the success of the Business Development Program for the Software Industry in Uruguay in achieving and sustaining results over time. The evaluation had six general objectives: The impact assessment combined an overall program lifecycle analysis...
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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms
Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
various links between urban cultural diversity and innovation, at individual, firm and urban level. This paper uses a sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745829
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Top team demographics, innovation and business performance: findings from English firms and cities 2008-9
Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
knowledge or better access to international markets). These channels may be balanced by internal downsides (lower trust) and … information on revenues, product and process innovation. I then regress these measures of business performance on top team … between diversity and business performance, which is net positive for process innovation and net negative for turnover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125961
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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local 'social filter', taking also into … account the geographical component of intervention in transport infrastructure and innovation. The results of the two … filter', good innovation capacity, both in the region and in neighbouring areas, and a region's capacity to attract migrants …
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Cultural diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship: firm-level evidence from London
Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales strategies in London businesses between 2005 and 2007. London is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126402