innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region …. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community Innovation Survey (CIS), provide new insights regarding the relationship … between cooperative linkages for innovation and the development of technological capabilities by business units. Firstly, the …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs' counterparts, i.e. the 'control … very important but specific function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth …

that while there remain large raw gaps in HE participation (and participation at high-status universities) by socio …

of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output … growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism …

individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The …

Satiation of need is generally ignored by growth theory. I study a model where consumers may be satiated in any given … satiation. This, despite that the social costs of innovation are second order compared to their social benefits. Multiple … savings reduces interest rates, which boosts the rate of innovation. When TFP grows exogenously and labor supply is …