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Contracting out government services : best practice guidelines and case studies

Blondal, Jon - 1997

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Modern Budgeting

Blondal, Jon - 1997

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Creative Destruction and Productivity – entrepreneurship by type, sector and sequence

Andersson, Martin; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Thulin, Per - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity …. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect … sectors appears to be more responsive to regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms. …

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Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance

Westlund, Hans; Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …

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R&D Strategies and Entrepreneurial Spawning

Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010

This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. By examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...

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Product Innovation, Export Entrepreneurship and Regional Characteristics - an analysis of innovation ideas in regions

Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

This paper focuses on how characteristics of regions pertaining to local information about product varieties and markets as well as networks for the transmission of information about innovation opportunities influence the arrival of innovation ideas to existing and potential entrepreneurs. We...

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Key Characteristics of the Small Innovative Firm

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

Despite broad agreement on the strategic role of SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) in industrial renewal processes, the lack of systematized and comprehensive information on the nature and level of small innovative firms is striking. This bias is partly explained by an empirical shadow...

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Sources of Persistence in Regional Start-Up Rates - evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Koster, Sierdjan - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

The relationship between start-up rates and regional economic development has been studied rather extensively in recent years. Dynamics in start-up rates have however received considerably less attention. In this paper we analyze the persistence of start-up rates across Swedish regions over a...

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PRODUCT INNOVATION, EXPORT AND LOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

This paper introduces a model where new products are introduced by entrepreneurs or innovating firms in a quasi-temporal setting. Market conditions are characterized by monopolistic competition between varieties belonging to the same product group, where varieties can become obsolete over time...

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Start-Ups and Employment Growth - Evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Noseleit, Florian - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

We use longitudinal data over a decade on start-ups and employment in Swedish regions and analyze the effect of start-ups on subsequent employment growth. We extend previous analyses by examining the influence of regional start-ups in a sector on regional employment growth in the same sector and...

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