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The Firms behind the Regions: Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal by External Logistic Biplots
Noronha, Teresa de; Galindo, Purificación Vicente; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
The strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy in Portugal have, over the last two decades, produced various … firms located throughout the country, and to explore those innovation determinants that have a region-specific connotation …. In our paper, innovation is used as a major contributor to the policy evaluation process referred to above. To provide a …
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Entrepreneurship in a Modern Network Economy
Nijkamp, Peter - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 4, pp. 395-405
N IJKAMP P. (2003) Entrepreneurship in a modern network economy, Reg. Studies 37 , 395-405. In this survey paper the literature on entrepreneurship is summarized from the perspective of geographical seedbed conditions and network constellations. We argue that in many cases urban areas offer...
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Innovation, Decentralization, and Planning in a Multi-Region Model of Schumpeterian Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amitrajeet; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Networks and Spatial Economics 14 (2014) 3, pp. 605-628
We study innovation and the resulting Schumpeterian economic growth that this innovation gives rise to in a model with … balanced growth path (BGP) allocations and the equilibrium of interest. Second, we stipulate the form of the innovation … little innovation in (i) the ith region, (ii) an aggregate economy of N>2 regions and (iii) an aggregate economy of N=2 …
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Drivers of entrepreneurial location as an innovative act
Nijkamp, Peter; Ommeren, Jos van - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2004
This paper regards locational choice as an entrepreneurial act and seeks to identify the drivers of locational choice of SME finns. Based on a recent database on Dutch entrepreneurs, factoranalytic methods are deployed to trace three clusters of driving forces.
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Foreign direct Investment and learning regions development in new EU member countries
Geenhuizen, Marina van; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2004
In this study we address the potential rise of innovative regions in Central and Eastern Europe by connecting the interests of foreign investors and the interests of recipient regions as learning regions. Our exploratory results give a rather pessimistic picture in that enhancing the innovative...
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A comparative study on innovation in European cities by means of multicriteria analysis
Nijkamp, Peter; Reggiani, Aura - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2000
factors for innovation at the local level, based on micro survey information from firms. In seeking for prominent explanatory … variables for entrepreneurial innovation in various classes of European cities, a particular multivariate method - i.e., Regime … generates a wide range of interesting empirical results on innovation factors in European cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783222
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Innovation, Decentralization, and Planning in a Multi-Region Model of Schumpeterian Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amit; Nijkamp, Peter - European Regional Science Association - 2014
We study innovation and the resulting Schumpeterian economic growth that this innovation gives rise to in a model with … balanced growth path (BGP) allocations and the equilibrium of interest. Second, we stipulate the form of the innovation … circumstances in which there is either too much or too little innovation in (i) the ith region, (ii) the aggregate economy of N>2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075868
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The impact of cultural diversity on firm innovation: evidence from Dutch micro-data
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-24
D22, F22, O31 </AbstractSection> Copyright Ozgen et al.; licensee Springer. 2013
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
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A comparative study on innovation in European cities by means of multicriteria analysis
Nijkamp, Peter; Reggiani, Aura - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2000
factors for innovation at the local level, based on micro survey information from firms. In seeking for prominent explanatory … variables for entrepreneurial innovation in various classes of European cities, a particular multivariate method - i.e., Regime … generates a wide range of interesting empirical results on innovation factors in European cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150545