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What's New About the New Economy? IT, Economic Growth and Productivity

Bosworth, Barry P.; Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 19-30

Has the economy fundamentally changed in the 1990s because of the introduction of information technology or is the impact of IT not so much "new" as larger than before? In this article, Barry Bosworth and Jack Triplett of the Brooking Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of...

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Learning and Corporate Strategy: The Dynamic Evolution of the North American Pulp and Paper Industry, 1860-1960

Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

forces of change, such as innovation, corporate strategies, industrial relocation, and policy. As distinct branches of the … pulp and paper industry passed from the early nascent phase to full maturity, the sources of innovation, nature of …

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Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA

Lee, Neil; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow … small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is … first comparative evidence on the link between innovation and inequality in a continental perspective. Using micro data from …

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Ist der deutsche Mittelstand tatsächlich ein Innovationsmotor?

Berlemann, Michael; Jahn, Vera - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 17, pp. 22-28

Michael Berlemann und Vera Jahn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, liefern in diesem Beitrag eine qualitative und quantitative Abgrenzung des Mittelstands und zeigen auf, dass sich mit Hilfe dieser Abgrenzung die Hypothese stützen lässt, dass mittelständische Unternehmen...

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Inflation as restructuring. A theoretical and empirical account of the U.S. experience

Nitzan, Jonathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992

This work is a PhD dissertation, written at the Department of Economics, McGill University. The thesis offers a new framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure and institutions as given for the purpose of...

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Innovation networks in China, Japan, and Korea : further evidence from U.S. patent data

Nabeshima, Kaoru; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

The growing importance of innovation in economic growth has encouraged the development of innovation capabilities in … the deepening of innovation networks in these countries. Together with our prior work, the Japanese and U.S. data produce … similar conclusions about innovation networks. …

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in the United States

Suppanz, Hannes; Wise, Michael; Kiley, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Regulatory reform efforts in a broad range of industries have resulted in increased importance of competitive forces as a means to allocate resources and improve economic efficiency. A number of indicators suggest that such forces have been stronger in the United States than in most other OECD...

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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2013

and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …

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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: Comparing U.S. States and European Nations

Fagerberg, Jan; Feldman, Maryann; Srholec, Martin - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2012

This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...

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Why Japan and Korea lead the USA and Europe in broadband

Fransman, Martin - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 112-124

Data on broadband performance shows that Japan and Korea are significantly ahead of the USA and Europe. Korea is by far the global front-runner in terms of broadband penetration. However, Japan is the global leader in terms of speed, price and diffusion of advanced technology (specifically...

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