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High Performance in Complex Spatial Systems: A Self-Organizing Mapping Approach with Reference to The Netherlands
Kourtit, Karima; Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
series of detailed regional facilitating and driving factors related, inter alia, to talent, innovation, skills, networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255701
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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas
Neckermann, Susanne; Gibbs, Michael; Siemroth, Christoph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272603
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Sustainable Nations: What do Aggregate Indicators tell us?
Pillarisetti, J. Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in <I>Environment, Development and Sustainability</I>, 2010, 12(1), 49-62.<P> What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have...</p></i>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257547
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Sustainable Nations: What do Aggregate Indicators tell us?
Pillarisetti, J. Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144412
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Gibrat's Law and the Firm Size / Firm Growth Relationship in Italian Services
Piergiovanni, R.; Santarelli, E.; Klomp, L.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
Several surveys on intra-industry dynamics have recently reached the conclusion from a large body of evidence that Gibrat's Law does not hold, i.e., the main finding is that firm growth decreases with firm size. However, almost all of these studies have been based on manufacturing. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256728
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Asymmetric Price Responses of Gasoline Stations: Evidence for Heterogeneity of Retailers
Faber, Riemer P. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This paper studies asymmetric price responses of individual firms, via daily retail prices of almost all gasoline stations in the Netherlands and suggested prices of the five largest oil companies over more than two years. I find that 38% of the stations respond asymmetrically to changes in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256930
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Does Entrepreneurship reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001
In this paper, we develop two hypotheses: First, regional innovation efforts have a positive impact on regional … particular, our results suggest that innovation efforts have an indirect effect on economic performance via entrepreneurship …. This indirect effect is neglected in existing empirical studies focusing on the direct effect of innovation on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257436
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Asymmetric Price Responses of Gasoline Stations: Evidence for Heterogeneity of Retailers
Faber, Riemer P. - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
This paper studies asymmetric price responses of individual firms, via daily retail prices of almost all gasoline stations in the Netherlands and suggested prices of the five largest oil companies over more than two years. I find that 38% of the stations respond asymmetrically to changes in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513222
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Gibrat's Law and the Firm Size / Firm Growth Relationship in Italian Services
Piergiovanni, R.; Santarelli, E.; Klomp, L.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
Several surveys on intra-industry dynamics have recently reached the conclusion from a large body of evidence that Gibrat's Law does not hold, i.e., the main finding is that firm growth decreases with firm size. However, almost all of these studies have been based on manufacturing. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137253
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Does Entrepreneurship reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2001
n this paper, we develop two hypotheses: First, regional innovation efforts have a positive impact on regional … particular, our results suggest that innovation efforts have an indirect effect on economic performance via entrepreneurship …. This indirect effect is neglected in existing empirical studies focusing on the direct effect of innovation on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144397