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Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …

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Research and development, spillovers, innovation systems, and the genesis of regional growth in Europe

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Crescenzi, Riccardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

regional innovation systems, and knowledge and socio-economic spillovers. This approach allows the discrimination between the …Research on the impact of innovation on regional economic performance in Europe has fundamentally followed three …) the study of the existence and efficiency of regional innovation systems; and (3) the examination of the geographical …

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The impact of vocational qualifications on the labour market outcomes of low-achieving school-leavers

McIntosh, Steven - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper creates a pseudo cohort of individuals who left school in the mid-1990s, using Labour Force Survey. The extent of low achievement at school amongst this group is documented, and then the impact of such low achievement on labour force status is estimated. The main focus of the paper is...

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Access all areas? The impact of fees and background on student demand for postgraduate higher education in the UK

Wales, Philip - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper analyses participation in postgraduate higher education in the UK at the micro-level makes several contributions to the literature. Firstly, it describes trends in postgraduate participation in the UK. Secondly, it introduces a hitherto unavailable dataset of postgraduate tuition fees...

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Intergenerational mobility in the United States and Great Britain: a comparative study of parent-child pathways

Blanden, Jo; Haveman, Robert; Smeeding, Timothy M.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We build on cross-national research to examine the relationships underlying estimates of relative intergenerational mobility in the United States and Great Britain using harmonized longitudinal data and focusing on men. We examine several pathways by which parental status is related to offspring...

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Why are higher skilled workers more mobile geographically?: the role of the job surplus

Amior, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which impede job search in general, they also help overcome...

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Spatial agglomeration dynamics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper develops a model of economic growth and activity locating endogenously on a 3- dimensional featureless global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering. Economic activity is not concentrated on discrete...

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Transnational spatial dependencies in the geography of non-resident patent filings

Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This article provides new insights into how geography shapes spatiotemporal variations in the propensity of actors from particular countries to file for non-resident patents in specific foreign economies. Our major contribution is to show that, in addition to bilateral exports and outward...

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A Case Study for Small Manufacturing in the Globalized Economy Using the Principles of Bolman and Deal

Fruehauf, Justin - ToKnowPress

In any organization, proper management is the key to success. This concept is critical from the largest multi-national corporation to the smallest family-owned business. Understanding the principles and elements of management is necessary for any organization to survive a globalized economy....

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Contemporary Trade Shows as a Place of Knowledge Sharing about Tourism Products

Gebarowski, Marcin; Wiazewicz, Joanna - ToKnowPress

what extend trade shows are the place of knowledge sharing about tourism products and tourism industry for them. In order … the exhibitors, trade shows are also a good place for sharing knowledge about tourism products and present the exhibitor …

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