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General Causes of Terrorism : High Population Growth in Problematic Society
Coccia, Mario - 2017
A fundamental problem in social and political sciences is how to explain the root causes of terrorism. The vast literature has analyzed several determinants of terrorism. However, the precise role of demographic factors for the origin and evolution of terrorism in specific geoeconomic areas is...
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General Causes of Violent Crime : The Income Inequality
Coccia, Mario - 2017
This essay has two goals. The first is to show that the heat hypothesis, per se, provides a partial explanation of causes of the violent crime in society. The second is to stress the importance of the concept of socioeconomic inequality that can negatively affect mental health and induce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958843
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Violent Crime Driven by Income Inequality between Countries
Coccia, Mario - 2018
The literature has suggested several approaches to explain violent crime, such as the heat hypothesis that more violence is associated to very hot temperature. However, the manifold determinants of violent crime in society are hardly known. This study shows that, controlling the climate, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033698
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Knowledge spillovers and future jobs : in the future, jobs will be created by those bold enough to transform new ideas and knowledge into innovations
Audretsch, David B. - 2015
knowledge into innovations. In that way, entrepreneurs will play a vital role in creating the jobs of the future by transforming … ideas and knowledge into new products and services, which will be the competitive advantage of the advanced economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433959
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The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Nonmarket Source of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007
prosperity through knowledge creation. Analyzing philanthropy sheds light on our current understanding of how economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271765
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The entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus: nonmarket source of American entrepreneurial capitalism
Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007
prosperity through knowledge creation. Analyzing philanthropy sheds light on our current understanding of how economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271768
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The knowledge filter, entrepreneurship, and economic growth
Carlsson, Bo; Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneur-ship, and economic growth in the United … States over the last 150 years. Accor-ding to the "new growth theory," investments in knowledge and human capital ge …-nerate economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the theory does not ex-plain how or why spillovers occur, or why large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271771
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Capitalism and democracy in the 21st century : from the managed to the entrepreneurial economy
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729849
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The knowledge production function : lessons from biotechnology
Stephan, Paula E.; Audretsch, David B.; Hawkins, Richard - In: International journal of technology management : IJTM 19 (2000) 1/2, pp. 165-178
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001492133
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Capitalism and democracy in the 21st century: from the managed to the entrepreneurial economy
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 10 (2000) 1/2, pp. 17-34
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