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Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-growth Firms
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008
High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...
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Die arktische Sicherheitspolitik der USA: Amerikanische Arktisstrategien, russische Hybris und chinesische Ambitionen
Paul, Michael - 2023
Hoffnungen auf Zusammenarbeit zerstört und die Arktis zu einem Thema der Sicherheitspolitik gemacht. Alaska steht als der … muss. Zuletzt entdeckte die US-Küstenwache im September 2022 chinesische und russische Kriegsschiffe vor Alaska. Derzeit …
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U.S. Arctic security policy: North American Arctic strategies, Russian hubris and Chinese ambitions
Paul, Michael - 2023
a security policy issue. Alaska, as the northernmost American state, is naturally at the centre of US Arctic policy … Guard (USCG) detected Chinese and Russian warships off Alaska. Currently, only one US icebreaker is continuously available …. Alaska is also the very same US state that the recent Chinese spy balloon flew over, which was eventually shot down in …
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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Benner, Maximilian - 2012
Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...
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Trade and Industrial Policies with Heterogeneous Firms: The Role of Country Asymmetries
Pflüger, Michael; Russek, Stephan - 2011
This paper explores the role of country asymmetries for trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms. Our analysis delivers a number of novel results. First, trade policies, infrastructure policies and industrial policies which improve the business conditions in one country have...
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Am Tiefpunkt der Transformationskrise: Industrie- und lohnpolitische Weichenstellungen in den jungen Bundesländern
Klodt, Henning; Paqué, Karl-Heinz - 1993
Seit der Vereinigung Deutschlands durchläuft die Wirtschaft der jungen Bundesländer eine Transformationskrise, die ihresgleichen sucht — zumindest was die Schärfe und Tiefe des Produktions- und Beschäftigungseinbruchs betrifft. In keiner der anderen post-sozialistischen Volkswirtschaften...
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Braucht Europa eine neue Industriepolitik?
Bletschacher, Georg; Klodt, Henning - 1991
Bei der Diskussion um die Neugestaltung der Römischen Verträge wird zunehmend gefordert, die Rolle der Industriepolitik … dem Staat bei der Konzipierung einer optimalen strategischen Industriepolitik stellt, ist so gravierend, daß es in der … Praxis kaum zu lösen sein dürfte. Die bisher in Europa gemachten Erfahrungen mit der strategischen Industriepolitik sind …
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Contests for Cooperation: A New Approach in German Innovation Policy
Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael - 2005
A new approach in German innovation policy organizes contests of proposals for developing innovation networks. Based on an overview of the different programs, we investigate the advantages, problems and limitations of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a relatively large...
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Public procurement in the presence of capital taxation
Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 1999
The paper considers governments' public procurement decision as a way of influencing industry structure. In a federation in which capital is mobile and capital taxation is harmonized, a home bias in public procurement can potentially be explained as an effort to increase the capital intensity of...
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On the Design of Optimal Grandfathering Schemes for Emission Allowances
Böhringer, Christoph; Lange, Andreas - 2003
To meet its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU plans to implement an emissions trading system with grandfathering of allowances. Besides having distributional impacts, the choice of the grandfathering scheme may affect efficiency if firms anticipate how future allocations depend on...
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