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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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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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Does Connectivity Impact Innovation Performance in Rural Regions?

Wassmann, Pia; Schiller, Daniel; Thomsen, Stephan - European Regional Science Association - 2014

There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic growth. On the regional level, this implies that regions with a high stock of R&D should reveal better results when it comes to economic performance. This presumption has lead...

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