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How Important are Local Inventive Milieus: The role of Birthplace, High School and University Education

Ejermo, Olof; Hansen, Høgni Kalsø - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

Using the whole population and almost all individuals in Sweden listed as inventors, we study how the probability of being listed on a patent as inventor is influenced by the density of other future inventors residing in the same region, while controlling for demographic and sector effects along...

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Start-up rates, Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Cycle. Swedish patterns from national and regional data

Andersson, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

It is often claimed that there are locally embedded values and attitudes towards entrepreneurship, exerting a strong influence on the rate and level of entrepreneurial activity in regions. The concept of regional entrepreneurship culture aims to capture such phenomena, and refers in a general...

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Local Clusters of Entrepreneurs -neighborhood peer effects in entrepreneurship?

Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P. - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

Entrepreneurial activity is significantly predicted by the presence of other entrepreneurs in the residential neighborhood. One plausible source of such spatial clustering is local peer effects, where individuals’ decisions to become entrepreneurs are influenced by entrepreneurial neighbors....

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The Role of Knowledge Heterogeneity on the Innovative Capability of Industrial Districts

Carbonara, Nunzia; Tavassoli, Sam - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate concerning the role of heterogeneity for the innovative capability of industrial districts. With this aim, using a knowledge-based approach, the paper focuses on different sources of industrial district knowledge heterogeneity and studies how...

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Differentiated Knowledge Bases and the Nature of Innovation Networks

Martin, Roman - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

It is argued in this paper that the nature of innovation networks can vary substantially with regard to the type of knowledge that is critical for innovation. Subject to the knowledge base of an industry, networks between companies can differ in various aspects, such as their geographical...

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The Sources of the Urban Wage Premium by Worker Skills

Andersson, Martin; Klaesson, Johan; Larsson, Johan P - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

We estimate the respective importance of spatial sorting and agglomeration economies in explaining the urban wage … premium for workers with different sets of skills. Sorting is the main source of the wage premium. Agglomeration economies are … workers with routine jobs, agglomeration economies are virtually non-existent. Our results provide further evidence of spatial …

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The Role of Knowledge Variety and Intensity for Regional Innovative Capability

Tavassoli, Sam; Carbonara, Nunzia - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

This paper analyses the effect of variety and intensity of knowledge on the innovative capability of regions. Employing data for Swedish functional regions, the paper tests the role of the variety (related and unrelated) and intensity of (i) internal knowledge generated within the region and...

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How Local are Spatial Density Externalities? evidence from square grid data

Andersson, Martin; Klaesson, Johan; P. Larsson, Johan - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012

We analyze the geographic scale at which density externalities operate and their attenuation with distance. Using square grid data at a fine spatial resolution, we find that a doubling of neighborhood density, measured as the density of 1 km2 squares, yields an increase in the overall wage-level...

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Market Thickness and the Early Labor Market Career of University Graduates- An urban advantage?

Ahlin, Lina; Andersson, Martin; Thulin, Per - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

We analyze the influence of market thickness for skills on initial wages and subsequent wage development of university graduates. Using Swedish micro-level panel data on a cohort of graduates, we show that two out of three graduates move to large cities upon graduation. Large cities yield higher...

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Sedita, Silvia Rita; de Noni, Ivan; Pilotti, Luciano - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

This contribution attempts to systematize some first evidence on the sustainability and resilience of local production systems in the economic recession and first hypothetical phases of recovery, 2007 to 2013, focusing on the role played by diversified economy, related and unrelated variety and...

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