This Ph.D. dissertation studies innovation in Germany from 1877 to 1914. The German patents that had survived for at … least ten years are used as a proxy of innovation. The introduction briefly outlines the issues to be investigated. The … distribution of patents across industries and across regions. The second chapter investigates the regional innovation system (RIS …

just to increased market share, but through falling relative prices can help expand markets, and through product innovation … investment across all three categories--in machinery, in innovation and in people. …

engineering industry in the pre-World War I period? We elucidate whether or not the international market success of machine … Primärschulbildung und internationaler adjustierter Patenten basierenden Humankapitalmaßes auf langfristiges Wirtschaftswachstum in den … Wirtschaftswachstum Mitte bzw. Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts? Die wachsende internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Deutschen Maschinenbau …

Die endogene Wachstumstheorie und die Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung ?berlagern sich stark. Sie geben … wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und betonen dabei Humankapital und Unternehmertum. Empirisch wurde gezeigt, dass sich die jordanische … Entwicklungspolitik stark mit diesen Handlungsempfehlungen ?berschneidet. Jordanien f?rdert Humankapital und Unternehmertum durch …

The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely … economic growth, there are a number of similarities between North and South Korea, which are examined in this paper. More … importantly, the resource endowments of North Korea, together with the human capital of South Korea, could combine successfully to …

the jack-ofall-trades model by Lazear (2005) and the second the O-ring theory introduced by Kremer (1993) and applied to … predictions of the O-ring theory are supported by the data. The O-ring theory predicts that individuals sort between firms … random assignment of individuals to firms. The results show that, contrary to the prediction of the theory, individuals with …

'public finance', 'political economy', 'growth theory', 'human capital theory', and 'innovation-driven growth theory …The author’s interest in the design of economic policy regarding education and innovation has motivated his research as … education and innovation economics. All but the first take a cliometric perspective. That is, econometric analyses - for the …

junger Unternehmen haben. Insbesondere das Humankapital der Gründer scheint maßgeblich sowohl das Überleben, als auch die …