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Entrepreneurship in the Region
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Schmude, Jürgen (contributor) - 2006
Entrepreneurship in the Region approaches many different aspects of entrepreneurship from a regional perspective. The regional influences on entrepreneurship analyzed entail regional peculiarities and disparities in new business formation processes, the success and the employment effects of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520727
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National Intellectual Capital : A Comparison of 40 Countries
Lin, Yeh-Yun - 2011
Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers. To date, most studies of intellectual capital have focused at the organizational level, with an emphasis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522878
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Sozialkapital : Grundlagen von Gesundheit und Unternehmenserfolg
Badura, Bernhard; Behr, Martina; Greiner, Wolfgang; … - 2008
Erfolgs -- Das Unternehmensmodell – Elemente und Zusammenhänge -- Gegenstand, Vorgehensweisen und Methoden -- Sozialkapital … Gesundheitsmanagement. Das Sozialkapital verdient dabei wegen seiner Effekte auf die Gesundheit und den Unternehmenserfolg eine stärkere … betriebliche Sozialkapital in Unternehmen messen und stärken lässt und welche Kennzahlen für das Controlling von Sozialkapital und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014524
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Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe : Spatial Disparities and Human Capital
Fratesi, Ugo (ed.); Fonseca, Madalena (ed.) - 2017
The book is aimed at a wide audience, including academics, economic geography, spatial planning and regional policy researchers, institutional leaders and managers, national and institutional policy makers, practitioners, administrators, master's and senior bachelor's students on related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398235
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Geographical Labor Market Imbalances : Recent Explanations and Cures
Mussida, Chiara - 2015
This book focuses on the questions of how territorial differences in productivity levels and unemployment rates arise in the first place and why territorial differences in labor market performance persist over time. Unemployment divergence and unemployment club convergence have been touched on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402106
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Social Capital in Development Planning : Linking the Actors
Nanetti, Raffaella Y. - 2016
The pursuit of sustainable development and smart growth is a main challenge today in countries around the world. Social capital is an asset of their territorial communities. It is also a precondition for national and local policies that aim to better the economic base and quality of life for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698658
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Re-inventing Africa's development : linking Africa to the Korean development model
Park, Jong-Dae - 2019
This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges are not due to a lack of resources but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397021
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The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking
Ramady, Mohamed A. (ed.) - 2016
The term ‘wasta’ stems from the Arabic root for ‘middle’ or ‘medium' and describes the phenomenon of using ‘connections’ to find job, government services or other favors to circumvent bureaucracy or bypass the system as a whole. The effects of ‘wasta’ may be both positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397139
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Integrating Human Capital with Human Development : The Path to a More Productive and Humane Economy
Tomer, John F. - 2016
Tomer considers recently accumulated knowledge related to the human brain's functioning and development to better understand the relationship between human capital and human development in successful economies
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397566
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The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy : The Cases of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo
Ricciardelli, Alessandra - 2017
This book provides a unique study of the role of universities, as organisation systems, in the pursuit of the Europe 2020 strategy. While Europe 2020 focuses on creating the basis for the advancement and cohesion of the EU’s member states, it also has an important role in influencing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397680