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ICT diffusion, innovation systems, globalisation and regional economic dynamics: Theory and empirical evidence
Karlsson, Charlie; Maier, Gunther; Trippl, Michaela; … - 2008
The objective of this paper is to review the relevant theoretical and empirical literature to provide a conceptual and methodological background for the analysis of the consequences of ICT use and globalisation on the regional economies in the European Union. We highlight the key aspects of ICT...
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Defaulting alone: The geography of SME owner numbers and credit risk in Hungary
Burger, Csaba - 2022
micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study investigates the spatial and temporal evolution of owner numbers …, using data on all Hungarian SMEs between 1991 and 2019 and across 175 regional districts. Then it explores the relationship … higher averages in less populated regions. Meanwhile, SMEs with one owner only have up to twice as high credit default …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014303049
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Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust-belt" economies
Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2008
A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new generic knowledge and economically-useful knowledge. It identifies both the formation of new ventures and the absorptive capacity of incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270590
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Penetrating the knowledge filter in the rust belt
Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2007
A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271770
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Circular economy in Germany: A methodology to assess the circular economy performance of NUTS3 regions
Kruse, Mirko; Wedemeier, Jan - 2022
There is currently a massive methodological gap in the spatial analysis of the Circular Economy (CE) performance in general and in Germany particularly. The authors present a methodology to assess this performance in German regions. The methodology consists of 26 indicators in seven dimensions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822339
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Das Gründungsgeschehen in Dresden, Rostock und Karlsruhe: eine Betrachtung des regionalen Gründungspotenzials
Henning, Tobias; Mueller, Pamela; Niese, Michael - 2006
This paper compares the structure and the development of new firm formation activity in three German regions. The two East German regions, Dresden and Rostock, show significantly higher start-up rates than the West German region Karlsruhe. The analysis of entry cohorts reveals that not only the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298509
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Resilience, skill endowment and diversity: Evidence from US metropolitan areas
Fusillo, Fabrizio; Consoli, Davide; Quatraro, Francesco - 2019
By adopting the evolutionary approach to resilience, this paper discusses and empirically investigate the determinants of the ability of region to resist, absorb, and react to recessionary shocks. The recent 2008 Great Recession has extremely affected most of the advanced economies all over the...
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An urban-rural divide (or not?): Small firm location and the use of digital technologies
Thomä, Jörg - 2022
Regarding the spatial impact of digitalization, the concern is often expressed that rural areas and the companies located there are disadvantaged by a digital divide compared to urban regions. Against this background, this paper explores the role of the urban/rural location of a small firm in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013375518
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Dynamic Clusters
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007
Globalization has had an enormous impact on traditional industrial structures. It seems almost the case that everything is everywhere the same. And yet, in reality, some regions in a single industrialized country enjoy rapid economic growth while others are downsizing or stagnating. Thus there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294627
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The tyranny of distance prevails: HTTP protocol latency and returns to fast fibre internet access network deployment in remote economies
Obren, Mark; Howell, Bronwyn - 2011
As public policies seek to advance deployment of enhanced broadband infrastructure as a means of acquiring economic advantage, the issue has arisen of the extent that additional economic performance accrues from increases in headline bandwidth speed in locations that are physically remote from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307436