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Economic-Social Interaction in China
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This paper analyzes economic-social interaction in China in connection with the country’s change of economic system. I … China’s options for future social improvements into three broad categories: policies that improve the stability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645350
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North Korea: Fading Totalitarianism in the "Hermit Kingdom"
Katzeff Silberstein, Benjamin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
North Korea is perceived by many as one of the most totalitarian societies of modern time. But in the wake of the economic collapse of the 1990s, North Korean totalitarianism has grappled with new conditions. This paper examines how the country’s totalitarian character has been upheld through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494015
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Innovative Change, Dynamic Market Allocation and Long-Term Stability of Economic Growth
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986
Market competition is central to innovative activity, the diffusion process and macro-economic productivity growth. Productivity growth at all levels comes about through institutional reconfiguration in response to the ongoing market process. Stable and sustained long-term growth in output...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818448
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Business Competence, Organizational Learning and Economic Growth: Establishing the Smith-Schumpeter-Wicksell (SSW) Connection
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1990
The firm is defined in terms of its financial objectives, achieved through human-based organizational competence, conferring scale economies on all other factors. Competence is developed through organizational learning, jointly produced with the value added of the firm, largely manifesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818393
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The Economics of Bounded Rationality, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Evolution
Day, Richard H. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989
-rational modes underlie both the erratic perturbations of entrepreneurship and the systematic waves of diffusion they initiate which … possible by financial intermediation. They imply asymmetric changes in individual welfare. The markets for entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019055
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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211884
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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions … entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation theory are incorporated into the analysis. This includes the lack of a well …. When unique attributes of entrepreneurship are taken into account, some major conclusions of capital taxation models no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082489
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Compulsory Education and Jack-of-all-trades Entrepreneurs
Douhan, Robin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper … is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the theoretical model proposed, abilities are an outcome of talent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025459
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
We construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture capitalists. We show that venture-backed entrepreneurial firms have an incentive to overinvest in development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025461
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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden
Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539860