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The impact of a culturally diverse workforce on firms’ market size: An empirical investigation on Germany
Nijkamp, Peter; Brunow, Stephan - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
There is evidence from the literature that firms enjoy higher productivity levels when the workforce employed is culturally more diverse. It is an open question whether this gain is utilized to shift the supply curve and set lower prices, in order to achieve a higher demand and possibly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556459
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Firm formation and agglomeration under monopolistic competition
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191264
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Socio-cultural diversity and urban buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191333
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Regional specialization and concentration of industrial activity in accession countries
Siedschlag, Iulia; Nijkamp, Peter; Longhi, Simonetta - 2002
Since 1990, Central and East European economies have experienced increasing integration with the European Union via trade and direct foreign investments. The spatial implications of this process have not been investigated in-depth so far. Have patterns of regional specialization changed over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518124
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Economic integration and manufacturing location in EU accession countries
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Siedschlag, Iulia - 2003
This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central and East European countries. Using regional data for the period 1990-1999, we identify and compare patterns and determinants of manufacturing location in five European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334342
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Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
Cities have become playing grounds for competitive behaviour and rapid economic dynamics. But in many cities (or urban agglomerations) economic growth is mainly manifested in specific geographic areas, where creative people and innovative entrepreneurs are located. This paper offers first the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255923
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Firm Formation and Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
In the presence of agglomeration economies one might expect a relocation and concentration of industries. Then firm … agglomeration economies founded on microeconomic analysis based on households' and firms' maximization behavior, namely the real … market potential. Besides agglomeration forces, dispersion and human capital effects can be separated and explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256166
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Firm Formation and Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
In the presence of agglomeration economies one might expect a relocation and concentration of industries. Then firm … agglomeration economies founded on microeconomic analysis based on households' and firms' maximization behavior, namely the real … market potential. Besides agglomeration forces, dispersion and human capital effects can be separated and explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326390
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Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Cities have become playing grounds for competitive behaviour and rapid economic dynamics. But in many cities (or urban agglomerations) economic growth is mainly manifested in specific geographic areas, where creative people and innovative entrepreneurs are located. This paper offers first the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326536
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Structural dynamics in cities
Nijkamp, Peter - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000704966