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Knowledge spillovers and economic performance of firms located in depressed areas: does geographical proximity matter?
Araújo, Liliana; Silva, Sandra T.; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Extensive literature on the contribution of knowledge spillovers to growth and development at the regional level exists but these studies mainly features regions characterised by a high level of economic development. This paper assesses the importance of knowledge spillovers for firms located in...
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Knowledge and the Evolving Economy
Mina, A. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2010
This paper addresses the problem of knowledge and the far-reaching implications it bears upon innovation and the … with theory and evidence from the economics of innovation, but fundamentally at odds with a number of important tenets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010614645
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Economic emergence: An evolutionary economic perspective
Foster, John; Metcalfe, J. Stan - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 2, pp. 420-432
The standard neoclassical approach to economic theorising excludes, by definition, economic emergence and the related phenomenon of entrepreneurship. We explore how the most economic of human behaviours, entrepreneurship, came to be largely excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576973
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An introductory overview of innovation studies
Rossi, Federica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the field of innovation studies. We focus on the the … economics and sociology of innovation, which we can define as the study of the dynamic processes of generation, development … research on innovation, we have chosen a disciplinary criterion. We have therefore identified several different theoretical …
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The Regional Dimension of Knowledge Transfers - A Behavioral Approach
Broekel, Tom; Binder, Martin - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2006
Innovations are inherently connected to knowledge transfers. The need of face-to-face contacts to transfer tacit knowledge is commonly argued to cause a regional dimension of innovative activities. The paper presents an alternative explanation based on a model of boundedly rational actors who...
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Ways of Thinking About Economic Growth: Papers from MED's Growth Seminar Series
Carlaw, Kenneth; Easton, Brian; Grimes, Arthur; Mare, David - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, … - 2008
The Ministry of Economic Development ran a series of seminars about economic growth in 2004. One was an economic history of economic growth in New Zealand, three were on different and sometimes contradictory conceptual ways of thinking about economic growth – endogenous growth theory, Austrian...
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" Persistence of Firm Innovative Behavior: Towards an Evolutionary Theory."
Latham, William R.; Bas, Christian Le - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2005
A growing body empirical literature deals with persistence in innovation. However, there is neither a survey of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063536
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Multiple Paths of Development: Knowledge Bases and Institutional Characteristics of the Swedish Food Sector
Zukauskaite, Elena; Moodysson, Jerker - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
, focusing on the relation between institutions and innovation practices and taking into account the diversity of actors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818687
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Echanching Productivity: Towards an Updated Action Agenda
Procter, Roger - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, … - 2011
This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural change, an enhancement of capabilities and path dependence in the economy. It examines three different approaches to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008860737
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Inovação e Conhecimento: um Estudo de Caso da Aracruz Celulose
Dias, Dnilson Carlos - Ciências Econômicas, Escola de Agronomia e Engenharia … - 2009
innovation, the project mipis - Micro Port Bait Biodegradable Aracruz Celulose. The aim of the study is the main sources of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509320