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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
Nijkamp, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973358
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The Sources of the Urban Wage Premium by Worker Skills
Andersson, Martin; Klaesson, Johan; Larsson, Johan P - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
We estimate the respective importance of spatial sorting and agglomeration economies in explaining the urban wage premium for workers with different sets of skills. Sorting is the main source of the wage premium. Agglomeration economies are in general small, but are larger for workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775182
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Combinatorial knowledge bases: integrating cognitive, organizational and spatial dimensions in innovation studies and economic geography
Manniche, Jesper; Moodysson, Jerker; Testa, Stefania - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
approach in the research fields of innovation studies and economic geography. Secondly, to propose a broadened interpretation …, regions and time periods and for analytically integrating the cognitive, organizational and spatial dimensions of innovation … and learning. Thirdly, to provide methodological suggestions for how to apply such broadened interpretation of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098757
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South Sudan.s capability trap: Building a state with disruptive innovation
Ajak, Peter Biar; Pritchett, Lant - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
The prevailing aid orthodoxy works well enough in stable environments, but is ill-equipped to navigate contexts of volatility and fragility. The orthodox approach is adept at solving straightforward technical or logistical problems (paving roads, building
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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development
Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibi
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739526
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Destination und Lebensraum : Perspektiven touristischer Entwicklung : 20 Jahre Tourismusforschung von Eurac Research
Pechlaner, Harald (ed.) - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104651
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Upgrading in Asian clusters: Rethinking the importance of interactive-learning
Chaminade, Cristina; Vang-Lauridsen, Jan - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
competing on innovation in the global value chain; special attention is paid to clustered SMEs. By comparing 4 clusters in …This paper is concerned with unpacking the role of clusters in supporting the move from competing on low-costs to … different industries in Asia, we highlight significant differences in the learning paths of clustered SMEs. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077269
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Industrial Policies in Latin America
Peres, Wilson - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
This chapter analyses the main features of industrial policies carried out in Latin America since 1990. It studies these policies during import substitution industrialization and how they changed after the market-oriented economic reforms. It presents the main national strategies, policy lines...
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Local Clusters of Entrepreneurs -neighborhood peer effects in entrepreneurship?
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P. - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
. Local peer effects appear as important in explaining local clusters of entrepreneurs, and imply a local feedback-effect in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722779
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What Does Evolutionary Economic Geography Bring To The Policy Table? Reconceptualising regional innovation systems
Asheim, Bjørn; M. Bugge, Markus; Coenen, Lars; … - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
of regional innovation systems in the landscape of evolutionary economic geography. It argues that the current emphasis … a renewed regional innovation systems approach, the article presents a policy intervention framework for constructing …
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