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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
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A new regional balance : challenges and opportunities for intermediate city regions in Europe : 54th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P. - 2014 - Preliminary version
located in the vicinity of the large urban agglomeration or farer away in the country. The project is both explorative and …
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Determinants of Regional Growth by Manufacturing Sector in Mexico, 1998-2008
Pereira, Mariana - 2015
, agglomeration economies, and initial conditions, the south, the center and the Gulf of Mexico have a relative disadvantage for …This article presents an empirical analysis aimed at identifying the determinants of regional growth in Mexico by … manufacturing sector in the period 1988-2008. In the framework of agglomeration economies it argues that the main factor behind …
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State of Literature on Small to Medium-Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Communities
Ács, Zoltán J.; Kallas, Kadri - 2007
Motivated by differences in new-firm survival across regions, this paper explores the impact of regional human capital on new-firm survival rates. New-firm survival is interpreted through formation rates of surviving versus closed firms in the service sector. By incorporating knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318827
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Local knowledge spillovers and innovation persistence of firms
Holl, Adelheid; Peters, Bettina; Rammer, Christian - 2020
Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm's innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known about potential contingencies affecting the degree of persistence. This paper focuses on the role of the local knowledge environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167386
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Local knowledge spillovers and innovation persistence of firms
Holl, Adelheid; Peters, Bettina; Rammer, Christian - 2020
Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm’s innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known about potential contingencies affecting the degree of persistence. This paper focuses on the role of the local knowledge environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167049
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The Cluster Policy Paradox: Externalities vs. Comparative Advantages
Pessoa, Argentino - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
The literature on clustering has highlighted several advantages of industrial agglomerations. Persons and firms benefit from the production and innovation activities of neighbouring companies in the same and related industries. Considering such benefits, Michael Porter states that clustering is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319363
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Malthus living in a slum: Urban concentration, infrastructures and economic growth
Castells-Quintana, David; Royuela, Vicente - 2014
Today more than half of the 7 billion inhabitants of the planet live in urban areas, with this share expected to keep rising. Whereas in developed countries urbanisation has been a long and slow process, in developing countries this process is now characterised by a really fast pace and a high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400141
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Balanced skills and the city: An analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial skill balance, thickness and innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2013
Being a jack-of-all-trades increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to jack-of-few-trades who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323899
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Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Cities have become playing grounds for competitive behaviour and rapid economic dynamics. But in many cities (or urban agglomerations) economic growth is mainly manifested in specific geographic areas, where creative people and innovative entrepreneurs are located. This paper offers first the...
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