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Riding the Waves of Reforms in Corporate Law, an Overview of Recent Improvements in Italian Corporate Codes of Conduct
Sabatini, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper provides an exploratory analysis on the relationship between educational qualification and work status in Italy, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. Rough data are drawn from four waves (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2004) of the Survey of Household Income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385405
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Does Social Capital Create Trust? Evidence from a Community of Entrepreneurs
Sabatini, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008020
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Spatial Development
Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540415
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At Home and Abroad: An Empirical Analysis of Innovation and Diffusion in Energy-Efficient Technologies
Verdolini, Elena; Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
of innovation in energy-efficient technologies to account for international knowledge flows and spillovers. In the first … the supply and demand determinants of innovation accounting for international knowledge spillovers. Our results confirm …This paper contributes to the induced innovation literature by extending the analysis of supply and demand determinants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489595
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The Circulation of Ideas in Firms and Markets
Hellman, Thomas; Perotti, Enrico - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
Novel early stage ideas face uncertainty on the expertise needed to elaborate them, which creates a need to circulate them widely to find a match. Yet as information is not excludable, shared ideas may be stolen, reducing incentives to innovate. Still, in idea-rich environments inventors may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467316
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VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...
Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126044
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A Theory of Technology Diffusion
Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003
What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126129
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Cash and the Counter: Capabilities and Preferences in the Demand for Banking Technologies
Consoli, Davide - EconWPA - 2005
trial-and-error and learning by consuming. The key question that is addressed is: how do consumers deal with innovation? By … bringing together a number of threads within the innovation literature my claim is that consumers, akin to firms, follow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134450
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Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues
Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003
national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134465
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Protéger les méthodes commerciales liées à Internet : un frein au développement ?
Delzelle, Benoit - EconWPA - 2003
La protection juridique des méthodes commerciales liées à Internet est très controversée. Est-il opportun de protéger des biens immatériels ou des idées ? N'est-ce pas menacer durablement le développement de la "nouvelle économie" ? N'est-ce pas brider l'activité inventive et...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407748