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Culturally clustered or in the cloud? Location of internet start-ups in Berlin

Moeller, Kristoffer - European Regional Science Association - 2013

Knowledge based firms like IT companies do neither have a capital- nor a land intensive production. They predominantly rely on qualified labour and increasingly depend on the location of its (potential) employees. This would imply that firms follow its workers and not the other way around....

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Market Size, Productivity and Entrepreneurship in a Model a'la Melitz

Pokrovsky, Dmitry - European Regional Science Association - 2013

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The entrepreneurial performance of the Central and Eastern European regions

Páger, Balázs - European Regional Science Association - 2014

has been applied for the regional measurement of entrepreneurial performance which is called Regional Entrepreneurship and …The theoretical concepts about entrepreneurship have changed since the last three decades. It has become one of the … economy (Audretsch and Thurik 2001), it can be seen clearly those shifts which contributed to become entrepreneurship an …

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Regional Transitions from Socialism to Entrepreneurship: Russia and Germany compared

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

in the process of transition to a market-type economy. In this comparison entrepreneurship in West Germany is used as a … entrepreneurship and determinants of the decision to be self-employed in these two countries and their regions. While a number of …,et al.,2008). There is, however,hardly evidence on the dynamics of entrepreneurship in detail and with comparison to other …

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Output growth and prices of establishments in the Swedish lodging industry

Falk, Martin; Hagsten, Eva - European Regional Science Association - 2014

between the quality of accommodation establishments - measured as revenues per overnight stays - and performance in subsequent …

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Diversified experience, benefits to the individual and the firm

Backman, Mikaela; Kilkenny, Maureen - European Regional Science Association - 2014

This paper analyse how previous experience and affiliation influence individual employees but also the current employers. Knowledge can be embodied in several different forms, in individuals, in books, in machines, or in processes. Human capital refers to embodied knowledge in individuals,...

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Determinants of technological innovation in SMEs. Firm-level factors, agglomeration economies and the role of KIBS providers

Ganau, Roberto; Maria, Eleonora Di - European Regional Science Association - 2014

The study of the determinants of innovation processes has received great attention in both the economics and the business literature. However, only few contributions have proposed a comprehensive framework able to bring together different but not mutually exclusive research approaches. This...

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Spatial Distribution of Poverty in the European Union

Stankovicova, Iveta; Zelinsky, Tomas - European Regional Science Association - 2013

According to the latest estimates over 16 per cent of the EU citizens are poor (based on monetary concept). Using Europe 2020 strategy indicator people at risk of poverty or social exclusion over 23 percent of EU citizens can be considered poor. Analyses of poverty may be based on several...

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Industry-specific firm growth and agglomeration

Duschl, Matthias; Scholl, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper studies the industry-specific relationship between industrial clustering and firm growth. The literature usually considers industrial clusters as positive for the general economic development of regions. In particular, their relationship with the formation rate of new firms and the...

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WAS EASY ACCESS TO CREDIT AN OBSTACLE TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SPANISH SMEs?

Garcia-Tabuenca, Antonio; Crecente-Romero, Fernando; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

In the expansionary phase of the economy (1995-2007) and, particularly after the Euro introduction, credit to the business sector increased significantly in Europe. According to surveys of the EC-Flash Eurobarometer (2005), over 77% of SMEs claimed to have appropriate funding levels. A number of...

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