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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: Comparing U.S. States and European Nations
Fagerberg, Jan; Feldman, Maryann; Srholec, Martin - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2012
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
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What's New About the New Economy? IT, Economic Growth and Productivity
Bosworth, Barry P.; Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 19-30
Has the economy fundamentally changed in the 1990s because of the introduction of information technology or is the impact of IT not so much "new" as larger than before? In this article, Barry Bosworth and Jack Triplett of the Brooking Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481862
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R&D, Socio-Economic Conditions and Regional Innovation in the United States
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper looks at the genesis of innovation in the United States from a territorial perspective. The analysis aims to … disentangle the impact of local R&D expenditure from other contextual conditions supportive of the process of innovation …. Particular emphasis is devoted to the role of socio-economic factors and systems of innovation conditions (‘social filter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083285
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A Bourdieusian Perspective on Acculturation: Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Prieto, Leonel; Sagafi-nejad, Tagi; Janamanchi, Balaji - In: Administrative Sciences 3 (2013) 4, pp. 290-305
This article uses Bourdieu’s theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants’ acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants’ and natives’ development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic,...
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About the stability of the inventory-sales ratio : An empirical study with US sectoral data.
Jacques, Jean-François; Salem, Mélika Ben - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 1996
Discusses the inventory sales-ratio during the post-war era in the United States. Studies on the ratio of the variances of inventories and production ; Methods used in measuring inventory ratios; Increasing ratio in trade sector.
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Inflation as restructuring. A theoretical and empirical account of the U.S. experience
Nitzan, Jonathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
This work is a PhD dissertation, written at the Department of Economics, McGill University. The thesis offers a new framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure and institutions as given for the purpose of...
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New imperialism or new capitalism?
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Over the past century, the institution of capital and the process of its accumulation have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad...
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The Impact of Population Ageing on Technological Progress and TFP Growth, with Application to United States: 1950-2050
Izmirlioglu, Yusuf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
I examine the effect of age-distribution of the society on economic growth through technological progress. I build a multisector economy model that involves population pyramid. I characterize the steady-state of the model for low and high population growth rate. Higher population growth rate...
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The New Economy and Trend Productivity Growth in Canada
Sharpe, Andrew; Gharani, Leila - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 3-5
Thist article by Andrew Sharpe and Leila Gharani from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards examines the factors behind slow productivity growth in Canada in the second half of the 1990s, in marked contrast to the acceleration of productivity in the United States, and discusses the...
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The role of regulation for sustainable infrastructure innovations: the case of wind energy
Walz, Rainer - In: International Journal of Public Policy 2 (2007) 1/2, pp. 57-88
in Germany provided for a high functionality of the innovation system wind power, which enabled Germany to catch up …. A heterodox approach is used to study the effects of regulation, which starts from a system of innovation and … distinguishes different innovation functions. These functions are used as a bridge to incorporate the various paradigms of the …
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