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Classifying the Markets Volatility with ARMA Distance Measures

Otranto, Edoardo - EconWPA - 2004

agglomerative algorithm in order to detect clusters of homogeneous series. …

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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster

Fallick, Bruce; Fleischman, Charles A.; Rebitzer, James B. - EconWPA - 2005

supporting this claim is scarce. Job-hopping is important in computer clusters because it facilitates the reallocation of talent …-hopping for college-educated men in Silicon Valley’s computer industry than in computer clusters located out of the state …. Mobility rates in other California computer clusters are similar to Silicon Valley’s, suggesting some role for features of …

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Networks of Innovation Clusters in Cova da Beira (Portugal)

Leitao, Joao; Osorio, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

This article proposes a normative model for the cluster articulation in Cova da Beira (Portugal), based on network functioning which accomplishes the general purposes of the National Integrated Programme to the Support for Innovation, and creates a connectivity between traditional Microclusters:...

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Spatial Proximity and Complementarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge

Aydogan, Neslihan; Lyon, Thomas P. - EconWPA - 2004

We model knowledge-trading coalitions in which the transfer of tacit knowledge is unverifiable and requires face-to-face contact, making spatial proximity important. When there are sufficient “complementarities” in knowledge exchange, successful exchange is facilitated if firms can meet in a...

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Porter and Weihrich: Two Faces of a Strategic Matrix for Developing the Portuguese Molds Industry

Leitão, João; Deodato, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

The Portuguese producers of Molds are in its majority of small or medium dimension, competing in highly competitive international markets and using processes, which incorporate new technologies. The present study aims to identify the strategic quadrants for developing the Portuguese Molds...

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Regional Cluster Analysis in the Mexican Telecommunications Sector. Impact of Economies of Agglomeration, Clusters and networking in medium-sized Mexican Telecommunication firms.

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2005

There have been many empirical studies analyzing telecommunications clusters across countries and regions since the … considers quality of products, physical distance and transportation costs. These clusters arise to resolve the tension between … clusters in Mexico affect competition in three broad ways: first, by increasing the productivity of companies based in a region …

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Social Capital, Public Spending and the Quality of Economic Development.The Case of Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and the quality of economic development in Italy. The analysis draws on a dataset collected by the author including about two hundred variables representing different aspects of economic development and...

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Shocks, Sensitivity and Resilience: Tracking the Economic Impacts of Environmental Disaster on Assets in Ethiopia and Honduras

Carter, Michael; Little, Peter; Mogues, Tewodaj; … - EconWPA - 2005

Droughts, hurricanes and other environmental shocks punctuate the lives of poor and vulnerable populations in many parts of the world. The direct impacts can be horrific, but what are the longer-term effects of such shocks on households and their livelihoods? Under what circumstances, and for...

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The empirics of social capital and economic development. A critical perspective

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

research, the multidimensional, context-dependent and dynamic nature of social capital. The survey also underlines that …

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The Role of Social Capital in Economic Development. Investigating the Causal Nexus through Structural Equations Models

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the causal nexus connecting social capital’s diverse aspects to the “quality” of economic development in Italy. The analysis accounts for three main social capital dimensions (i.e. bonding, bridging and linking social capital) and measures...

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