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The academic entrepreneur : myth or reality for increased regional growth in Europe?
Erdős, Katalin; Varga, Attila - 2010
in Hungary. Hungary is an excellent European case since the features of its university system are rooted in the … "academic entrepreneur" (Etzkowitz) university spin-off firm formation has grown naturally from the academic culture of the US … concept academic motivations are main drivers in university spin-off firm formation in the US. Despite this challenging view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011563833
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Entrepreneurial Universities : A Case Study Comparison in Two European Regions
Guerrero, Maribel - 2013
An entrepreneurial university is a natural incubator that tries to provide a supportive environment in which the … university community can explore, evaluate and exploit ideas that could be transformed into social and economic entrepreneurial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085539
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Can the university save Europe?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009561436
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Corruption risk and education at regional level
Tóth, István János; Hajdu, Miklós - 2023
In this study, we investigate the correlation between corruption risk and the level of education in European sub-national regions (NUTS2 level) between 2006 and 2020 in 16 member countries. We use the data of Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) covering the parameters of 6,766,274 public procurement...
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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331415
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The academic market and the rise of universities in medieval and early modern Europe (1000-1800)
De la Croix, David; Docquier, Frédéric; Fabre, Alice; … - 2022
unique database of thousands of scholars from university sources covering all of Europe, construct an index of their ability … best universities (agglomeration), that better scholars were more sensitive to the quality of the university (positive …
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Generalized trust and regional innovation activity
Schild, Christopher-Johannes - 2012 - This version: August 2013
For a cross-section of 123 European regions, we find evidence for a positive effect of generalized trust on regional innovation activity. We aim to identify causal effects by using instrumental variables from climate and soil data, drawing from recent literature on the effects of climate on...
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Technological Knowledge Spaces and the Resilience of European Regions
Rocchetta, SIlvia; Mina, Andrea; Kogler, Dieter Franz; … - 2021
Regional knowledge spaces are heterogeneous, and the structure of these knowledge spaces can play a significant role in shaping regional economic performances during economic downturns. This paper explores the relationship between a region’s technological profile and its resilience to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238793
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Climate-Related Natural Disasters and Regional Migration in Europe : A Spatial Econometric Analysis
Braun, Marius; Görts, Jarom - 2023
In recent decades, the European Union has experienced an increase in the frequency of climate-related natural disasters. While a large body of literature analyzing the impact of natural disasters on migration patterns in the U.S. and other areas has emerged, little research has been conducted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346050
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Research collaboration and regional knowledge production in Europe : paper to be presented at the 52nd European Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), 2...
Hidas, Slavomir; Wolska, Martyna; Fischer, Manfred M.; … - 2012
The focus of this study is on regional knowledge production activities in Europe, with special emphasis on the interplay between agglomeration and network effects. As increasingly considered in economic geography and regional science in the recent past, regional knowledge production activities,...
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