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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor
Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55
The aim of this paper is to explore whether postmaterialism explains differences in Total entrepreneurial-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and Established business, as...
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Economic development as a matter of political geography
Streb, Jorge M.; Druck, Pablo F. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 5-20
Can limited government be a driving force of economic development? This idea goes back to Montesquieu, and is closely related to recent research in institutional economics. Measuring limited government with the Henisz political constraints index, and economic development with income per capita,...
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The coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy : tight in developed countries but loose in development countries
Schøtt, Thomas; Wickstrøm Jensen, Kent - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 195-214
In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and developing countries. Using new institutional arguments, we argue that developing countries are prone to implement policies that (1) are based on experiences in developed...
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Dice thrown from the beginning? : an empirical investigation of determinants of firm level growth expectations
Terjesen, Siri; Szerb, Lászlo - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 153-178
This study investigates three competing but complementary perspectives on factors related to entrepreneurial firm growth. We examine individual (entrepreneur) firm and national environment factors associated with the growth expectations of nascent, baby and established firms. Using 25,384 data...
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Deutsche Industrie trotzt dem Aufstieg der Schwellenländer
Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 10, pp. 11-15
Schwellenländer sowie vieler osteuropäischer Länder sind sehr dynamisch gewachsen. Dennoch konnte Deutschland seinen Anteil an der … rund 6,5 Prozent. Vom globalen Wachstum der Industrie von 50 Prozent profitierte der Standort Deutschland damit weit … stärker als die USA, Japan und andere Industrienationen in Westeuropa. Der entscheidende Faktor war dabei, dass Deutschland …
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Internationalisierung der Unternehmensforschung : neue Standorte gewinnen an Bedeutung
Belitz, Heike - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 18, pp. 3-9
Deutsche und ausländische Unternehmen haben ihre Forschungsund Entwicklungsinvestitionen in Deutschland in den letzten … von 2001. Während die ausländischen Unternehmen ihre Forschungsund Entwicklungsaktivitäten in Deutschland deutlich … ausgeweitet haben, stagnierten die Aufwendungen deutscher Unternehmen im Ausland. Insgesamt ergibt sich für Deutschland ein …
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Comparing labour and total factor productivity growth and level in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States over the past century and in recent years
Cette, Gilbert; Kocoglu, Yusuf; Mairesse, Jacques - In: The open economics journal 2 (2009), pp. 45-60
The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the very long run (since 1890) and in the medium run (since 1980). During the past century, the United States has...
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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany’s experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and … discuss common challenges at the center of the future jobs debate. -- economic crisis ; Germany ; short-time work …
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A meta-frontier approach for comparing bank efficiency differences between Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Liu, Yi-cheng; Chen, Ying-hsiu - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 6, pp. 131-150
The purpose of this paper is to employ the Meta-Frontier Cost Function to compare the bank efficiencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand during the period of 2002-2009. We propose two new variables: income on loans and non-performing loans, to identify whether the banks are both cost and...
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Collaboration and innovation in Sweden and Bulgaria : a study of a mature industry
Hoveskog, Maya; Antonova, Diana - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 121-151
flows for collaboration and innovation. Companies from the two countries as well as Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and … positive relationship with the companies' research and development (R&D) activities and innovation is developed. It was found … out that the set of variables employed can predict the innovation and R&D of companies, laying of electrochemical and …
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