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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856391
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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes
Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712117
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Current Trends Of The Regional Development Policy In The European Union. The Development Of Competitive Economic Agglomerations Of Cluster Type
Cismaş, Laura; Miculescu, Andra; Oţil, Maria - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 10 (2010) 2, pp. 99-110
the basis of the cluster idea. Clusters represent an important instrument for promoting industrial development, innovation …, competitiveness and economic growth. If, at the beginning, the effort to develop clusters belonged to private persons and companies … knowledge-based economy”, is tightly linked to the new approaches of the European economic policy, to competitiveness. One of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853199
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High-tech R&D: How is China doing it?
OK, Süleyman Tuluğ - In: Iktisat Isletme ve Finans 22 (2007) 250, pp. 5-15
This study investigates China’s tedious but patient path to development. Starting with the milestone year 1985, China’s first major step was to completely reform its science and technology (S&T) management system. This was followed up with the implementation of an ambitious long-term...
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The Determinants of R&D Investment: A Survey of the Empirical Research
Becker, Bettina - School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University - 2013
characteristics, particularly internal finance and sales; competition in product markets; R&D tax credits and subsidies; location and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010819889
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Patents as Collateral
Chatelain, Jean-Bernard; Ralf, Kirsten; Amable, Bruno - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2010), pp. 1094-1104
This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect of innovative rents on investment in research and development (R&D). We analyse the behaviour of innovative firms that face random and lumpy investment opportunities in R&D....
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Possibility of a Middle Income Trap in China: Assessment in Terms of the Literature on Innovation, Big Business and Inequality
Lee, Keun; Li, Shi - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 9 (2014) 3, pp. 370-397
checkpoints: innovation capability, world-class big businesses, and inequality. Based on these criteria, our conclusions are as …
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Innovation as a lever for sustainable development: the case of agriculture and water management in the region of Sadaguia
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
of innovation for a better management of irrigation water. It takes into account all potential forms of technological … innovation for sustainable development. This analysis is supporting a questionnaire on irrigation practices targeting fifty …
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Shifts in Innovation Power to Brazil and India: Insights from the Auto and Software Industries
Lema, Rasmus; Quadros, Ruy; Schmitz, Hubert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The global innovation map is changing. Until a few years ago innovation activities were concentrated in the US, Europe … and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation stronghold of the … shift in innovation power by concentrating on factors within the rising powers, such as their investment in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260159
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Business Groups, Innovation and Institutional Voids in Latin America
Fulvio, Castellacci - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
-specific institutional factors – financial, legal, and labor market institutions – affect the group-innovation relationship. The empirical …, GAFs are more innovative than SAFs: we estimate the innovation propensity of GAFs to be 9% higher than that of SAFs …
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