Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 40
Cover Image
Evolutionary Thinking in Environmental Economics
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144510
Cover Image
Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regio nal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201123
Cover Image
VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...
Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126044
Cover Image
Invention under uncertainty and the threat of ex post entry
Miller, David A. - EconWPA - 2005
This paper proposes a theoretical framework for studying the invention of new products when demand is uncertain. In this framework, under general conditions, the threat of ex post entry by a competitor can deter invention ex ante. Asymmetric market power in the ex post market exacerbates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134408
Cover Image
Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues
Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003
national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134465
Cover Image
Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth
Stel, André van; Nieuwenhuijsen, Henry - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137071
Cover Image
Pharmaceutical Research Strategies
Phlippen, Sandra; Vermeersch, An - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
This study analyses 1400 research projects of the top 20 R&D-spending pharmaceuticals to identify the determinants of successful research projects. We provide clear evidence that externally sourced projects and projects involving biotechnologies perform better than internal projects and chemical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137162
Cover Image
What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137206
Cover Image
Innovation, Industry Evoluation and Employment
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, A. Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 1999
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a series of articles on the links between innovation, the evolution of … Innovation, Industry Evolution and Employment published by Cambridge University Press in 1999. The continued rising unemployment … been the former, while the continental Europeans have chosen the latter. The purpose the thirteen articles of Innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137219
Cover Image
Unionization Structure, Licensing and Innovation
Mukherjee, Arijit; Pennings, Enrico - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
, We show that, in presence of licensing, the incentive for innovation may also be stronger under decentralized unions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137228