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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the gap between industrial dynamics and growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

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The location of new firms - Influence of commuting behaviour

Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015

In this paper, we analyse where people who become self-employed actually start their firms. In the entrepreneurship literature, it is generally assumed that individuals who start a firm start it where they live. We question this general assumption and show that this does not hold for commuters....

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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...

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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...

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Apparent Solow- and Solow-like Technological Residuals and the Economic Performance of U.S. Native American Economies

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - EconWPA - 2004

This paper decomposes the large regression residuals of income across 84 U.S. Native American economies (USNAEs) into Solow and Solow-like parts. Decomposition is accomplished algebraically. The calculations find a weak to negative correlation between income and Solow residuals, and a strong...

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Towards a Dynamic Theory for the Spatial Knowledge Economy

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

In recent decades the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy. For example, the evolution in … formation. For the OECD countries in particular, we can observe a transfer from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy …. The supporting evidences are overwhelming and indicate that the trend is global. The emerging knowledge economy have …

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Knowledge and Structure

Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002

This article presents a formalization of knowledge based on a connectionist model of a firm's structure. Transaction … costs are not ignored, but integrated with the knowledge-based approach. A numerical example on the canonical comparison of …

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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,...

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Crescimento Econ\363mico no P\363s-guerra: os Casos de Espanha, Portugal e Irlanda

Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2002

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Key Characteristics of the Small Innovative Firm

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

innovation activities captured by patent applications, firm characteristics, international trade and the regional milieu. …

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