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This paper examines the changes in the labour market experience of different immigrantand ethnic minority groups in the UK over time. The analysis suggests that, in early 90salthough there was no clear cut evidence of segregation in terms of employability, certaingroups of minority natives were...
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[...]In this paper, I analyze the performance of theregion’s industries over the recent economic decline andrecovery. In the next section, I present the taxonomy ofindustries employed here. That taxonomy, adopted frominternational trade theory, displaces economic base theory,which sorts...
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Sanctions are widely used to promote compliance in principal-agent-relationships.While there is ample evidence confirming the predicted positive incentive effect of sanctions,it has also been shown that imposing sanctions may in fact reduce complianceby crowding-out intrinsic motivation. We add...
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Wir analysieren die räumliche Verteilung verschiedener Kategorien kreativer Personen inDeutschland. Allgemein ist der Anteil der Kreativen in den Städten höher als auf dem Land.Ein etwas abweichendes Standortverhalten zeigen die freiberuflichen Künstler, für die auch ineinigen ländlichen...
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Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate policy.Creative metropolises base …
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Understanding the factors that promote or mitigate new firm birth is crucial to regional economic development efforts, since a high level of new firm creation significantly contributes to regional economic vitality and is a major signal of a dynamic economy. The literature suggest that various...
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Innovation research and organizational practice often focuses on R&D investments and activitiescarried out in designated departments and controlled processes. Anecdotal evidence tells us,however, that this centralized and formalistic approach to innovation is often insufficient. Asignificant...
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Design – the purposive application of creativity to all the activities necessary to bringideas into use either as … of key issues about therelationship between design, creativity, innovation, performance and competitiveness.[...] …
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Neben dem Begriff der „Kulturwirtschaft“ wird in Deutschland der Begriff „Kreativwirtschaft“gebraucht. Nach wie vor existiert jedoch keine einheitliche oder verbindlicheDefinition weder für die Kreativwirtschaft noch für die Kulturwirtschaft. Die Kreativwirtschaftstellt in der Regel...
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Im Zuge der Globalisierung und Beschleunigung des Wettbewerbs wird die schnelle und kostengünstigeEntwicklung von Produkten bis zur Marktreife zunehmend zu einem zentralenWettbewerbsfaktor. Dies gilt im besonderen Maße für die pharmazeutische Industrie, in der derAufwand für Forschung und...
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