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Twenty years of rural entrepreneurship: a bibliometric survey

Pato, Maria Lúcia; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

Entrepreneurship, in general, and rural entrepreneurship, in particular, has become a dynamic field of research in the … Scopus (until March 2013), we found that within the entrepreneurship literature, ‘rural entrepreneurship’ has been largely … overlooked and has gradually lost momentum. Rural entrepreneurship is an essentially ‘European’ concern, whose most prolific …

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Mapping the (In)visible College(s) in the Field of Entrepreneurship

Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011

Despite the vitality and dynamism that the field of entrepreneurship has experienced in the last decade, the issue of … environment’ of the field of entrepreneurship and to analyze the existence and characterization of (in)visible college(s) based on … entrepreneurship research. Based on more than a thousand papers published between 2005 and 2010 in seven core entrepreneurship journals …

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The entrepreneur in economic theory: from an invisible man toward a new research field

Rocha, Vera Catarina - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012

Mainstream economics had great difficulty in fitting entrepreneurship into its theory and for long time the theoretical … the evolution of economic thought on entrepreneurship, and in particular the path through which the entrepreneur (re … Entrepreneurship. The analysis goes through the main Economics fields where the (re)discover of the entrepreneur figure was most …

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Portuguese economic growth revisited: a technology-gap explanation

Mendes, José Afonso; Silva, Sandra T.; Silva, Ester G. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014

After a period of convergence where many perceived the country as a success case, Portugal’s economic performance proved to be disappointing in the last decade. In this study we focus on the relationship between technology and economic catching-up in order to answer to two major questions: (i)...

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Economic growth, human capital and structural change: an empirical analysis

Queirós, Anabela; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014

Human capital is identified as one of the main determinants of economic growth and plays an important role in the technological progress of countries. Nevertheless, existing studies have to some extent neglected the importance of human capital on growth via the interaction it can have with a...

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Environment Based Innovation: Policy Questions

Pessoa, Argentino; Silva, Mário Rui - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2009

Natural resources and physical cultural resources, termed in this paper as “Environmental Resources”, can be important assets for regional competitiveness and innovation. In recent years, these kinds of assets are being more considered in regional development strategies, because they can be...

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“To Deficit or Not to Deficit”: Should European Fiscal Rules Differ Among Countries?

Afonso, Óscar; Alves, Rui Henrique - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006

The creation of the European Monetary Union has led to a substantial increase in the discussion of the importance of fiscal discipline and adequate fiscal rules in such a monetary union. The “European” solution has been challenged by many authors and politicians: among the main questions...

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The effects of autocatalytic trade cycles on economic growth

Bakker, Jurriën J.; Afonso, Oscar; Silva, Sandra T. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012

In the first part of this paper the effects of trade cycles on economic growth are discussed to test the hypothesis of autocatalytic trade cycles, which indicates that more innovation is produced in countries that are a part of these cycles. Using United Nations data, a trade network is...

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The Cluster Policy Paradox: Externalities vs. Comparative Advantages

Pessoa, Argentino - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011

The literature on clustering has highlighted several advantages of industrial agglomerations. Persons and firms benefit from the production and innovation activities of neighbouring companies in the same and related industries. Considering such benefits, Michael Porter states that clustering is...

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Knowledge spillovers and economic performance of firms located in depressed areas: does geographical proximity matter?

Araújo, Liliana; Silva, Sandra T.; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

Extensive literature on the contribution of knowledge spillovers to growth and development at the regional level exists but these studies mainly features regions characterised by a high level of economic development. This paper assesses the importance of knowledge spillovers for firms located in...

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