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Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance
Westlund, Hans; Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818716
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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development
Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856344
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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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Diversification and development of the UAE’s economy
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This contribution examines the major features of UAE’s economy, its factors of strengths, undelying also its critical aspects. Furthermore, the work focuses on the crucial factors that characterize a diversified knowledge economy and indicates the policies that the economy of the United Arab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259302
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Economia della Conoscenza, Dinamica Strutturale e Ruolo delle Istituzioni
Schilirò, Daniele - Centro di Ricerche in ANalisi EConomica e sviluppo … - 2005
The paper explores the main features of a knowledge-based economy, the connections between a knowledge-based economy and the dynamics in the structure of modern economies and the role of institutions in this context. The experiences of Tampere and Nokya (Finland) are considered as model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010612116
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Innovation under the protected label of origin: heritage, influence and expanding horizons in Cognac
Moodysson, Jerker; Sack, Lionel - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
Previous research has shown that firms react differently to the same institutional configurations due to their different backgrounds. This study examines a regional economy in France in which 300 firms are operating under the same framework conditions and have done so over a long period. From...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722775
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Developing Innovative Competences in an Emerging Business System: New Private Enterprises in Hangzhou’s Software Industry
Greeven, Greeven, M.J.; Xiaodong, Xiaodong, Z. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
What kind of innovative competences are credibly developed by private entrepreneurs in China’s transition economy? On the basis of original empirical fieldwork in 45 software enterprises in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, we propose a working theory of innovative competence development in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731002
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A Conjecture on Institutional Rationalities and Property Rights in Public Procurement of Innovation
Ågren, Robert; Rolfstam, Max - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2013) 2, pp. 137-157
The increased interest in using public procurement as a policy tool for innovation has renewed a need for understanding … these while concluding the terms of procurement projects. Consequently, future policy efforts towards increased innovation … have to be targeting the process of public procurement of innovation, rather than focusing on regulatory issues. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699402
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DIVERSIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES' ECONOMY
SCHILIRÒ, Daniele - In: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences Quarterly VIII (2013) 2, pp. 228-239
This contribution examines the major features of UAE's economy, its factors of strengths, underlying also its critical aspects. Furthermore, the work focuses on the crucial factors that characterize a diversified knowledge economy and indicates the policies that the economy of the United Arab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747403
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Schumpeterian Innovation, Market Structure and the Stability of Industrial Development
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986
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