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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes

Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

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Technological change: An analysis of the diffusion and implications of e-business technologies

Koellinger, Philipp - EconWPA - 2005

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …

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Empirical studies of innovation in the knowledge driven economy

Hall, Bronwyn; Mairesse, Jacques - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

innovation and knowledge management and their impact on performance at the firm level for a number of countries. These studies … have been conducted using data drawn from innovation surveys combined with data from a number of other sources. The issue … illustrates the value of these surveys in improving our understanding of innovation in firms and raises a number of questions for …

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Corporate Governance and Management Succession in Family Businesses

Phan, Phillip; Butler, John E.; Lee, Soo Hoon - EconWPA - 2005

Family businesses carry the weight of economic wealth creation in most economies. In the U.S. alone, family businesses account for 80 to 90 percent of the 18-million business enterprises in the United States, and 50 percent of the employment and GNP. In many ways, the family business is...

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Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa

Chowdhury, Shyamal; Wolf, Susanna - EconWPA - 2004

This paper assesses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on the economic performance of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) of three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Findings of the paper suggest that the diffusion of ICT among...

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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …

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The Global Challenges of the Knowledge Economy: China and the EU

Huang, Can; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper addresses some of the challenges confronting the European Union and China as they build their knowledge economies, and their on-going and possible future actions to address such challenges. Fifty years after the creation of what became the European Union, we argue that there is an...

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