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To be or not to be : the entrepreneur in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022
); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412825
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The impact of labor market reforms on capital flows, wages and unemployment
Beissinger, Thomas - 2001
The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For this purpose a two-country model with imperfect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404156
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE+I) approach and the advent of AI technologies : evidence from the European regions
D'Alessandro, Francesco; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, … - 2024
In this paper we integrate the insights of the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046050
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How much does immigration boost innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer (contributor);  … - 2009
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793955
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Much ado about nothing? Do domestic firms really benefit from foreign direct investment?
Görg, Holger (contributor); Greenaway, David (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001830017
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Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations
Abebe, Girum; McMillan, Margaret Stokes; Serafinelli, Michel - 2020
We use a plant level survey to identify interactions between domestic plants and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector. One third of Ethiopian plants are linked to FDI through labor sharing, supply chains and competition. Technology upgrading most commonly occurs as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242922
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North-South technology spillovers : the relative impact of openness and foreign R&D
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP growth for North-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R&D used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion imposes identical contributions of openness and the R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003661550
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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986036
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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524993
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Growing markets through business training for female entrepreneurs : a market-level randomized experiment in Kenya
McKenzie, David J.; Puerto, Susana - 2017
A common concern with efforts to directly help some small businesses to grow is that their growth comes at the expense of their unassisted competitors. We test this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya which randomizes business training at the market level, and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625384