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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 use of the DEA method for simultaneous analysis of the interrelationships among economic growth, environmental pollution and energy consumption
Bampatsou, Christina; Hadjiconstantinou, George - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 65-86
In this study Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used not only to develop an efficiency index which combines economic activity, CO2 emissions and energy consumption of the production process in the 31 countries of Europe for the year 2004, but also to make estimates about the margins of long...
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R&D disappearance in the period of economic transformation in Poland
Sulmicki, Jan - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 66-75
Basing on official statistical data, the article presents changes in R&D taking place in Poland in 1975-2009. In 1975 the Polish centrally-planned economy held a strong position in Europe, especially if we measure it by the number of scientific and technical staff employed in research and...
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Economic and tourism indicators as a means of monitoring sustainable tourism : the case of inland Istria
Vojnovic, Nikola; Knezevic, Rade - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 2, pp. 213-230
This paper analyses indicators to study the sustainability of tourism in inland Istria, which comprises 24 … Modified Importance Index of major tourism centres (Im), the Specific Overnights Threshold (SOT), tourism-related taxes in the … budgets of municipalities and towns, company investments into tourism and hospitality, and the number of employees in tourism …
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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
Zwischen 2000 und 2009 ist China zur zweitgrößten Industrienation aufgestiegen und auch die Industrien anderer Schwellenländer sowie vieler osteuropäischer Länder sind sehr dynamisch gewachsen. Dennoch konnte Deutschland seinen Anteil an der globalen Industrieproduktion weitgehend...
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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 Jahren beständig gesteigert. Mit gut 45 Milliarden Euro lagen die Aufwendungen im Jahr 2009 um ein Drittel über dem Niveau von 2001. Während die ausländischen Unternehmen...
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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
1980). During the past century, the United States has overtaken the United Kingdom and became the leading world economy … the second world war (WW2), and its subsequent come-back; (iii) the remarkable catching-up of the United States by France … organisational changes and knowledge spillovers. Most recently (in 2006), before the current world crisis, hourly labour productivity …
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