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Types of Innovation, Competencies of Firms, and External Knowledge Sourcing—Findings from Selected Sectors and Regions of Europe
Tödtling, Franz; Grillitsch, Markus - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 5 (2014) 2, pp. 330-356
Many innovation studies have focused on a narrow concept of technological innovation, such as the generation of patents or the introduction of new products. The performance of firms, however, often depends on innovation defined from a broader perspective. This includes process, organizational,...
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Economic development, growth, institutions and geography
Bhupatiraju, Samyukta; Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
by using a broader set of definitions for institutions, geography and economic variables. We use a multi-faceted database … institutions trump other factors (geography and trade) when we use GDP per capita as an independent variable. When we expand the … geography are all important variables. In this case, institutions no longer trump the other factors. In this case, we also find …
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Spatial Patterns and Size Distributions of Cities
Hsu, Wen-Tai; Mori, Tomoya; Smith, Tony E. - Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University - 2014
City size distributions are known to be well approximated by power laws across many countries. One popular explanation for such power-law regularities is in terms of random growth processes, where power laws arise asymptotically from the assumption of iid growth rates among all cities within a...
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Family firm density and regional innovation output: An exploratory analysis
Block, J.H.; Spiegel, F. - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 4 (2013) 4, pp. 270-280
Family firm's long-term orientation and strong local roots suggest positive effects on regional R&D cooperation and regional innovation output. This article analyzes the effect of family firm density on regional innovation output. Combining a dataset of 326 German regions with the locations of...
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Human welfare
von Grebmer, Klaus; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Drivers of change
Trabucco, Antonio; Zomer, Robert; Thornton, Philip K.; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Political, demographic, and institutional classifications
Sebastian, Kate; Wood, Stanley; Stads, Gert-Jan; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Growing conditions
Sebastian, Kate; Claessens, Lieven; Van Wart, Justin; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Access to trade
Guo, Zhe; Cox, Cindy M. - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Knowns, Unknowns, and Impacts
Jackson, Randall - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2011
Jouke van Dijk opened the most recent issue of Papers in Regional Science with “Long lasting knowledge in Regional Science,” an editorial highlighting the role that the Association’s journal has played in documenting much of the key regional science research since its inception....
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