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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies
Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2004
New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...
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The Missing Link
Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link...
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Innovation Promotion and Learning in International Trade : The Case of Colombian Manufacturing Exports
Teitel, Simon - 2009
Colombian manufacturing exporting firms survey results are analyzed highlighting innovation, promotion, and learning, as well as the influence of factors such as: size, ownership, output objectives, destination of exports, competition and pricing, export incentives, and firm configuration, in...
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Constitutional Challenges and Regulatory Opportunities for State Climate Policy Innovation
Mormann, Felix - 2018
This Article explores constitutional limits and regulatory openings for innovative state policies to mitigate climate change by promoting climate-friendly, renewable energy. In the absence of a comprehensive federal policy approach to climate change and clean energy, more and more states are...
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Actions undertaken to further small and medium enterprises development in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Okrzesik, Olga - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1175-1185
The article focuses on the ongoing activities in the Silesian Voivodeship for the purpose of developing enterprises from the SME sector, inter alia, through increasing innovation. An analysis of desk research strategies and regulations in the Silesian Voivodeship facilitating the growth of a...
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Directions of increasing innovativeness of economy : the case of Poland
Okrzesik, Olga - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 18 (2018) 1, pp. 313-321
Innovations significantly affect a country's economic development, at the same time contributing to raising its position. A very important role in improving the innovativeness of enterprises, regions or the national economy is played by the state, creating a strategy, programmes or regulations...
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Competition and Innovation - Microeconometric Evidence using Finnish Data
Kilponen, Juha; Santavirta, Torsten - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2004
The relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovative activity has attracted the attention of many economists lately. In this study we elaborate the theory of Aghion et al. (1997, 2001) of an inverted-U relationship between competition and innovations. We provide a theoretical...
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New Firm Formation and Economic Development in a Globalizing Economy
Koster, Sierdjan; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
This paper provides an overview of how globalization can impact on new firm formation and its consequence on regional economic development. Although there is a large body of research on new firm formation, the economic context in which new firm formation takes place has received considerably...
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Auferstanden aus Ruinen: Gründe für den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg Sachsens nach der Wiedervereinigung
Ragnitz, Joachim - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 24 (2017) 06, pp. 25-30
und Einstellungen der Menschen in Sachsen auf lange Sicht geprägt hat, und zum anderen auf die Fähigkeit … Humankapital nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg (und ein weiteres Mal nach der Vereinigung) –, dennoch steht Sachsen heute in vielerlei … betroffen waren. Dies stellt die Wirtschaftspolitik vor die Aufgabe, auch künftig dafür zu sorgen, dass Sachsen diese …
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Schrumpfung von EU-Mitteln nach 2020: Herausforderungen für die sächsische Förderpolitik
Bauer, David; Ragnitz, Joachim - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 25 (2018) 03, pp. 14-19
Der Freistaat Sachsen hat in der Vergangenheit erheblich von Fördermitteln des Bundes und der Europäischen Union … Freistaat Sachsen auf Basis einer Abschätzung zur künftigen Fördermittelausstattung aus den ESI-Fonds und einer SWOT …
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