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TOP TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS, INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM ENGLISH FIRMS AND CITIES, 2008-9

Nathan, Max - European Regional Science Association - 2013

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...

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Urban agglomeration and firm innovation : evidence from Asia

Chen, Liming; Hasan, Rana; Jiang, Yi - 2020

This paper presents evidence on the spatial distribution and effects of urban agglomeration on firm innovation. It uses a unique dataset that consistently defines city boundaries and identifies firms' innovation-related activities across 25 developing countries in Asia. We find firm innovation...

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The Spatial Distribution of Innovation Networks

Wilhelmsson, Mats - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

Innovation networking has become both more feasible with improved telecommunication and more important as it usually produces research of higher quality. However, the spatial distribution of academic networks and innovative networks are not uniform. Despite overwhelming evidence on the benefits...

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Attraction or repulsion? : testing coagglomeration of innovation between firm and university

Rudkin, Simon; Ming He; Chen, Yang - 2020

Agglomeration theory supports and existing findings confirm the geographical proximity of similar firms and spatial attraction of firms to universities. In addition to that, we are able to identify whether universities as one type of innovative units are attracted by firm-type innovators and the...

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Knowledge, Creativity and Regional Development

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

The understanding of economic development in regions in developed countries has gone through a fundamental change during recent decades. Nowadays, regions are increasingly looked upon as independent, dynamic market places that are connected via flows of interregional and international trade....

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FDI Inflows to Sweden Consequences for Innovation and Renewal

Johansson, Börje; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2005

FDI inflows have expanded rapidly during the past decade. This paper analyses if such inflows do introduce new characteristics of the innovation systems at national and regional levels. The paper studies two phenomena. First, what novelties are brought into the host region (country) when FDI...

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The Role of Accessibility for the Performance of Regional Innovation Systems

Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

The link between proximity and innovation has been dwelled upon extensively in the literature. A regional economic milieu characterized by proximity between relevant actors is maintained to be suitable for establishing and maintaining successful regional innovation system. In this paper it is...

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PRODUCT INNOVATION, EXPORT AND LOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

This paper introduces a model where new products are introduced by entrepreneurs or innovating firms in a quasi-temporal setting. Market conditions are characterized by monopolistic competition between varieties belonging to the same product group, where varieties can become obsolete over time...

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Regional Innovation Systems in Small & Medium-Sized Regions A Critical Review & Assessment

Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

Continuous product and process innovations are prerequisites for sustainable competitiveness of both nations and regions. How such innovations are created and how successful innovation processes can be initiated are therefore extremely important questions. In recent years, it has been recognized...

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Development, growth and decline in Europe: New patterns of economic convergence and divergence?

Cornett, Andreas P.; Soerensen, Nils Karl - European Regional Science Association - 2013

structural and R&D policy the aim of the current paper is to assess, to what extent they have supported regional convergence, not … measure the impacts on regional convergence in a European (country wise) and urban-rural perspective. The first part of the … developments and perspectives until 2020. The second part considers the impact on the process of convergence of the current decline …

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