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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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Is Tolerance Good or Bad for Growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320301
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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321391
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Creativity, analytical skills, personality traits, and innovation game behavior in the lab: An experiment
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2011
participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281675
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Unsichere Zukünfte und die Entstehung von Kooperation: Wie Erwartungen kollektives Handeln ermöglichen
Ergen, Timur; Seeliger, Martin - 2018
existing sociological theories. Two case studies - one on the European trade union movement and one on technological innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904701
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Transcending history's heavy hand: The future in economic action
Beckert, Jens; Ergen, Timur - 2020
illustrated by closer examination of three core spheres of capitalist societies: consumption, investment, and innovation. To … von drei Sphären wirtschaftlicher Aktivität - Konsum, Investition und Innovation - verdeutlichen das breite Spektrum …
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Verkehr - Mobilität - Raum - Gesellschaft: Zum Selbstverständnis des Arbeitskreises
Albrecht, Janna; Dangschat, Jens S.; Holz-Rau, Christian; … - In: Wechselwirkungen von Mobilität und Raumentwicklung im …, (pp. 3-17). 2020
In diesem einführenden Beitrag gehen die Autorinnen und Autoren zunächst kurz auf die Zusammen- und Zielsetzung des Arbeitskreises ein. In diesem Kontext werden auch jene Aspekte benannt, auf die sich der Arbeitskreis nicht konzentrieren konnte. Inhaltlich wird knapp der Zusammenhang zwischen...
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Knowledge and economic progress: The role of social technologies
Eggertson, Thráinn - 2008
I focus on the independent role of social innovation in economic progress. Modern theory of economic growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306472
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The impact of energy prices on green innovation: Study on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Ley, Marius; Stucki, Tobias; Woerter, Martin - 2013
industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and … green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the ratio … lag between energy prices and innovation activities. Robustness tests confirm the main results. …
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