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Why emotional capital matters in education and in labour? toward an Optimal exploitation of human capital and knowledge management.
Gendron, Bénédicte - Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 … - 2004
From the perspective of the Chicago school, there is no behaviour that is not interpretable as economic. In this paper, we discuss the assertion in the perspective of an optimal constitution and exploitation of Human Capital, through our conceptual framework named Emotional Capital (EC)....
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U.S. High Technology Clusters
Acs, Zoltan J - Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance … - 1993
It is well known that both "Silicon Valley" and "Route 128 Boston" owe much of their success ot the proximity of Stanford University and MIT. Knowledge spillovers from large research universities contribute to increasing returns, resulting in divergent development between clusters. This...
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Learning without Teachers? A Randomized Experiment of a Mobile Phone-Based Adult Education Program in Los Angeles - Working Paper 368
Ksoll, Christopher; Aker, Janny; Miller, Danielle; … - 2014
information and communication technology offers new opportunities to provide standardized distance education to underserved … mobile phone-based adult education program (Cell-Ed) in Los Angeles, we find that the Cell-Ed program significantly increased …
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The Development of Knowledge in Portugal: A Slow and Unsustainable Progress
Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … Government has drastically been diminishing support to education and R&D over the last years, as a consequence of the austerity …
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Do innovation dimensions matter in China’s cross-regional income differences?
Yang, Jingjing; Khalil, Sana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
significantly explained by R&D manpower and expenditure, highly educated students, and public education spending, while GDP is …&D subsidies and education rebate. …
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Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia
Postiglione, Gerard - eSocialSciences - 2010
efficiency, and regional collaboration. This paper proposes a series of measures to increase the resilience of higher education …€”need not delay reforms in higher education. In fact, the global recession is an opportune time for higher education in the Asia …
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In Transition towards Sustainability: Bridging the Business and Education Sectors of Regional Centre of Expertise Greater Sendai Using Education for Sustainable Development-Based S...
Ofei-Manu, Paul; Shimano, Satoshi - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1619-1644
) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Greater Sendai. This partnership is further linked to a broader context … that it will be good to focus on bridging the business and education sectors by building ESD capacity of the children and … youth in the formal education sector. It contends this could be done through collaborative learning using the government …
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Sustaining Korea's Convergence to the Highest-Income Countries
Jones, Randall S.; Urasawa, Satoshi - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
young people, improved vocational education at the secondary and tertiary levels would help overcome the labour mismatch … problem and the overemphasis on tertiary education. Enhancing educational quality at all levels would promote productivity …
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Human capital elements and performance of small-scale manufacturing firms in Tanzania
Mahadea, Darma; Mkocha, Aira; Ramroop, Shaun - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 2, pp. 164-178
that is increasingly knowledge-based. Investment in education and training improves individual and organisational …
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Human capital development in a complex learning system: the virtuous interaction between individuals, organizations and communities
PILOTTI, Luciano; SEDITA, Silvia Rita - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2005
, occurring through different forms of education. The purpose is to consider the impact of formal, informal, non-formal learning … capital and innovation in SMEs. Thirdly, we illustrate what we mean for learning, paying particular attention to the … differences between education and learning. Fourthly, we propose our interpretative framework, analysing in details its components. …
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