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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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On the Effects of Suggested Prices in Gasoline Markets
Faber, Riemer P.; Janssen, Maarten C.W. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
This article analyzes the role of suggested prices in the Dutch retail market for gasoline. Suggested prices are announced by large oil companies with the suggestion that retailers follow them. There are at least two competing rationales for the existence of suggested prices: they may either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255548
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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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On the Effects of Suggested Prices in Gasoline Markets
Faber, Riemer P.; Janssen, Maarten C.W. - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
This article analyzes the role of suggested prices in the Dutch retail market for gasoline. Suggested prices are announced by large oil companies with the suggestion that retailers follow them. There are at least two competing rationales for the existence of suggested prices: they may either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144478
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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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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regio nal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201123
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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth … (diversity) and Porter externalities (competition) that have provided alternative explanations for innovation and urban growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255948