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Boosting the Development of Efficient SMEs in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Kastaneer, Jochebed - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … entrepreneurship, there is scope to further reduce administrative burdens. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey …

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Nunavik, Arctic Quebec: where cooperatives supplement entrepreneurship

Dana, Leo Paul - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 42-71

Prior to contact with Europeans, Ungava Inuit who inhabited the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula was self-sufficient, with a subsistence economy and inter-cultural trade. They lived in small bands, each consisting of a few families, and they fished, gathered, hunted, and migrated as required....

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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...

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Overcoming Skills Shortages in Canada

Carey, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta...

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Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark

Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...

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Small business innovation: firm level evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 5, pp. 732-754

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external determinants of patenting. Applying a non-linear panel data approach to about 160,000 observations on manufacturing firms in Sweden for the period 2000–2006, the following facts...

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Entrepreneurship research centers around the world: research orientation, knowledge transfer and performance

Cassia, Lucio; Massis, Alfredo; Meoli, Michele; Minola, … - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 3, pp. 376-392

This work investigates entrepreneurship research centers, and analyzes their research performance. Studies on the … determinants of performance of research centers have mainly focused on science and technology, while entrepreneurship has been so … far neglected. Through an analysis of 46 centers worldwide, we focus on entrepreneurship research and the role of centers …

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Parting the ivory curtain: understanding how universities support a diverse set of startups

Shah, Sonali; Pahnke, Emily - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 5, pp. 780-792

entrepreneurial ventures cultivated within their walls. To date, most research has focused on academic entrepreneurship—new ventures … contribution of modern universities. We propose a framework for understanding the full scope of university entrepreneurship and its … resources required to foster entrepreneurship from within the ivory tower. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York …

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Universities and the success of entrepreneurial ventures: evidence from the small business innovation research program

Siegel, Donald; Wessner, Charles - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 4, pp. 404-415

There has been little direct, systematic empirical analysis of the role that universities play in enhancing the success of entrepreneurial ventures. We attempt to fill this gap by analyzing data from the US SBIR program, a “set-aside” program that requires key federal agencies (e.g.,...

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Fostering a Creative Economy to Drive Korean Growth

Jones, Randall S.; Kim, Myungkyoo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more …

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