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Public business services fostering growth - case studies in northern sparsely populated areas

Saarela, Martti; Niinikoski, Eija-Riitta; Muhos, Matti - In: International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 5 (2014) 4/5, pp. 367-383

The aim of this study is to describe public business services (PBSs) for early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in northern sparsely populated areas (NSPAs) of Northern Finland. These areas face challenges of globalisation, structural changes and demographic change. PBSs of these...

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Sustainable cross-sector collaboration by the centre of excellence - an evaluation of the expectations by case study

Anteroinen, Jukka; Lehtonen, Juha-Matti; Takala, Josu - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 4 (2012) 4, pp. 410-428

Partnerships, alliances and other forms of inter-organisational collaborative arrangements are now a commonplace part of institutional life. One type of collaborative arrangement is the centre of excellence (CoE) concept. Despite aspirations to the contrary, there is substantial evidence that...

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Innovative trends in human resource management: a case study of Lithuanian and Latvian organisations

Lobanova, Liudmila; Ozolina-Ozola, Iveta - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 3 (2014) 2, pp. 131-152

The article discusses innovative trends and significant aspects of human resource management practices in the context of high-performance human resource management regarding the challenges of sustainable development and the needs of innovations deployment to management practice. The authors...

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Turning ideas into innovations - introducing demand-driven collaborative ideation

Björk, Jennie; Karlsson, Magnus P.; Magnusson, Mats - In: International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 5 (2014) 4/5, pp. 429-442

Web-enabled tools for ideation are becoming increasingly diffused in companies, but their true impact on innovation performance has been questioned. A factor that can explain some of the so far missing performance of these firm-internal systems for ideation is a lack of attention to the...

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Skilled Immigration and Innovation: Evidence from Enrollment Fluctuations in U.S. Doctoral Programs

Maskus, Keith; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; Stuen, Eric T. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

students improve research outcomes. The impact of more restrictive immigration policies depends on how they affect the quality …

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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … to immigration.<P>Les migrations dans les pays de l'OCDE : Impact sur le marché du travail et intégration<BR>Les pays de … marché du travail ont un rôle important à jouer afin de favoriser les ajustements économiques associés à l'immigration. …

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Integration of Immigrants in OECD Countries: Do Policies Matter?

Causa, Orsetta; Jean, Sébastien - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This working paper assesses the ease of immigrants' integration in OECD labour markets by estimating how an immigration …

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South American immigrants in the USA: Education levels, tasks performed and the decision to go back home

Medina, Carlos; Posso, Christian - In: Journal of Economic Studies 40 (2013) 2, pp. 255-279

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the main factors influencing the decision of migrants from South … such relationship varies in intensity among migrants from different countries. Research limitations/implications – This … exercise does not take into account migrants in the USA not included in the US Censuses. Practical implications – The results …

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Naturalization and Employment of Immigrants in France (1968-1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. For that purpose, we use longitudinal data coming from a panel dataset which follows almost 1% of the French population from 1968 to 1999 through...

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A Macroeconomic Experiment in Mass Immigration

Hercowitz, Zvi; Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the effects of mass immigration from the former USSR to Israel in the 1990s on the employment of the … for native employment and the relative price of domestic goods – is estimated, finding negative effects of immigration on … native employment a year after arrival. The delay in the effect is attributed to a positive impact of immigration on the …

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