The purpose of this study is to identify key institutional determinants of firm emergence and growth. We do this using various types of data from Sweden. A characterization of a number of institutions and policy measures shows that they are likely to have contributed to an environment that...

Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's “absorptive capacity” (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical implications of this. We specify a general model of the absorptive capacity...

Ecological concerns have never been top of the list for Australian policy makers in recent years. Instead, they have struggled with issues of reliance on the export of primary commodities with declining terms of trade, dependence on the import of capital and shortages of managerial expertise....

Este trabajo introduce un modelo sectorial para la economía española que permite una mejor comprensión de la propagación de shocks sectoriales teniendo en cuenta diferentes interacciones de red. En particular, el modelo presenta interacciones sectoriales a lo largo de varias dimensiones en...

Rationale The Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP), linked to Next Generation EU, details an investment programme that represents a unique opportunity to facilitate the structural transformation of the Spanish economy, on account of both the plan’s envelope (around €69.5...

Gegenstand der Dissertation ist die Untersuchung von Internationalisierungsstrategien deutscher Textil- und Bekleidungsunternehmen. Die Arbeit basiert neben einer Auswertung der Literatur zum Thema der Globalisierung und der Internationalisierung hauptsächlich auf einer eigenen durchgeführten...