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In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia … addition, the analysis explores the effectiveness of Russia’s informal networks for circumventing the weak institutional … entrepreneurial activity. Our results support the notion of the limited effectiveness of Russia’s networks for supporting …
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that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: Entry rates differ between regions, and the … for 10.000 persons from a recent representative survey of the population in ten German planning regions, the Regional … entrepreneurial experience, who live in more densely populated and faster growing regions with higher rates of new firm formation …
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We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation …
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This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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Regional unemployment rates in Great Britain have narrowed dramatically in recent years. However, significant differences still remain in terms of both employment and economic inactivity rates, which may now better reflect relative labour market performance. This paper examines these differences...
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national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as equivalent of continental and sub-continental levels …. We investigate the economic disparity between regions of the world and among countries within each continent or …
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This paper focuses on the relationship between firms' technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community...
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classification and higher education institution. In this paper we examine heterogeneity of returns across British regions using the … Labour Force Survey. We find substantial variations in the financial rewards available to graduates across regions with much …
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regions has been considered as one of the causes of regional unemployment in European countries. Two solutions are generally …
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-type human capital wage equation, including controls for a large number of regions, and calculate a weighted and adjusted … regions account for a significant fraction of observed wage differentials. …
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