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This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
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In this paper we explore how innovation and structural change affected economic development in the long run, by which … consumers could purchase the new, higher quality, non necessities, goods and services generated by innovation. In the paper we …
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managing innovation. Firms with different knowledge stocks attempt to improve their economic performance by engaging in radical … or incremental innovation activities and through partnerships and networking with other firms. In trying to vary and …, underlining the importance of innovation and learning. …
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and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
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The aim of this paper is to provide an updated survey of the "state of the art" in entrepreneurial studies, with a particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically discussed, then moving to the institutional, macroeconomic...
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In this paper we assess the job creation effect of R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal database of 677 European companies over the period 1990-2008. We estimate a dynamic labour demand specification using a Least Squares Dummy Variable Corrected (LSDVC) technique. The labour-friendly...
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In this paper the theoretical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change is critically discussed and the relative explanatory power of the competing economic theories assessed. Copyright Eurasia Business and Economics Society 2013
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This paper identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in Europe, analysing the role of knowledge base and innovative efforts and their evolution across time and countries. Results based on aggregated macroeconomic data indicate that there is no convergence trend towards a single...
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In this paper we bridge a gap between innovation economics and the human development approach by analyzing positive and …
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In a world characterized by competition on a global scale, persistent structural change driven by innovation and aging … the knowledge-based economies of the 21st centuries the ideas of brain circulation and international (diaspora) innovation … empirical approaches which address the important relationship between migration and innovation. …
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