effect on innovation. It is also noted that entrepreneurial attitudes, such as openness to change and self …-transcendence, have a mediating role in the positive impact of values on innovation. The article contributes to the literature by showing … to influence innovation in small businesses. …

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 …

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

Australia during the period from 1980 to 2012. The study uses the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach … development indices to measure the level of financial sector development in Australia. These indices were computed using the means … impact on economic growth in Australia, market-based financial development has no significant impact on economic growth, both …