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International differences in the business practices and productivity of firms
Freeman, Richard B. (ed.); Shaw, Kathryn (contributor) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774896
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The role of innovation and entrepreneurship in economic growth
Andrews, Michael Jeffrey (ed.); Chatterji, Aaron (ed.);  … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
"Innovation and entrepreneurship are ubiquitous today, both as fields of study and as starting points for conversations … a nuanced understanding of where innovation and entrepreneurship occur and where they matter. Answering these questions … allows for strategic public investment and the infrastructure for economic growth.The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625463
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Institutions and Technological Innovation During the Early Economic Growth : Evidence from the Great Inventors of the United States, 1790-1930
Khan, B. Zorina - 2004
Employing a sample of renowned U.S. inventors that combines biographical detail with information on the patents they received over their careers, we highlight the impact of early U.S. patent institutions in providing broad access to economic opportunity and in encouraging trade in new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467721
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Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds
Gordon, Robert J. - 2012
Even if innovation were to continue into the future at the rate of the two decades before 2007, the U.S. faces six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460333
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Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership
Conn, Robert W.; Cowhey, Peter F.; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Investments in the US Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Innovation (STEMI) enterprise come from many … innovative than government or business funding alone would yield. It also enables significant innovation in the development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372474
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Towards an endogenous theory of economic growth
Ayres, Robert U. - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000968467
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Ships passing in the night : GMOs and the politics of risk regulation in Europe and the United States
Vogel, David (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651371
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Summary report of workshop : European and American perspectives on the regulation of genetically engineered food
O'Rourke, Anastasia (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651526
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The Old and the New in U.S. Economic Expansion of the 1990s
Zarnowitz, Victor - 2000
Some analysts see the expansion of the 1990s as uniquely long and strong. Moreover, according to one popular view, the noninflationary boom can continue indefinitely. To shed some light on this debate, this paper compares the 1990s systematically with two previous long economic expansions, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471040
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The Changing Structure of Wages in the US and Germany : What Explains the Differences?
Beaudry, Paul - 2000
Over the last twenty years the wage-education relationships in the US and Germany have evolved very differently, while the education composition of employment has evolved in a surprisingly parallel fashion. In this paper, we propose and test an explanation to these conflicting patterns. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471064