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Innovation and Productivity - Evidence from Six Latin American Countries
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuniga, Pluvia - 2010
This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …
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Intrapreneurship and trust
Elert, Niklas; Stam, Erik; Stenkula, Mikael - 2019
Trust and entrepreneurship are seen as key ingredients of long-term prosperity. However, it is not clear how these two are related. Part of the confusion can be traced back to the measurement of entrepreneurship, biased towards independent entrepreneurship (self-employed and new firms), and...
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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - 2012
Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …' for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331391
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Schumpeterian Innovation, Market Structure and the Stability of Industrial Development
Eliasson, Gunnar - 1986
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Revisiting the finance-innovation nexus: Evidence from a non-linear approach
Hook, Law Siong; Lee, Weng Chang; Singh, Nirvikar - In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) 3 (2018) 3, pp. 143-153
This study examined the non-linear relationship between financial development and innovation using generalized method … for the period 1996 to 2010. An inverted U-shaped non-linear relationship between finance and innovation was observed …. This finding implies that finance enhances innovation only up to a certain level. Beyond that level, further development of …
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Economic structures, institutions and economic performance
Constantine, Collin - In: Journal of Economic Structures 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-18
The contention that 'inclusive' institutions are the deep determinants of economic growth remains unsatisfactory. This … the feedback loops among institutions, political power and economic structures, thus, markets on their own will not ensure …
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The Historical Roots of Corruption and Economic Development in Italy
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2013
We claim that a sequential mechanism linking history to development exists: first, history defines the quality of social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces,...
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Values and norms matter: on the basic determinants of long-run economic development
Voigt, Stefan; Park, Sang-Min - 2008
Over the last couple of decades, it has become a commonplace to claim that institutions matter" for economic … development. Yet, institutions are not exogenous but the result of hu-man action. It is argued here that the values and norms held … by substantial parts of society’s members are an important determinant of its institutions. It is further argued that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330089
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Do migrants improve governance at home? Evidence from a voting experiment
Batista, Cátia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271802
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Mergers and acquisitions - the standing of theory in the quest for better institutions and policy
Jensen, Camilla - 2010
growth). The deficiencies in the standing of theory will be reflected in weak institutions to handle the political processes … different variants of capitalism. - -Economic Growth, Institutions, Mergers and Acquisitions, the Resource Based View, Variants …
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