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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation
Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022 - Updated version
' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …
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New Silicon Valleys or a New Species? Commoditization of Knowledge Work and the Rise of Knowledge Services Clusters
Manning, Stephan - 2017
This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly important form of geographic cluster, in particular in emerging economies: KSCs are defined as geographic concentrations of lower-cost skills serving global demand for increasingly commoditized knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942062
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The importance of informal learning at work : on-the-job learning is more important for workers' human capital development than formal training
Grip, Andries de - 2015
Although early human capital theory recognized the relevance of workers' experience, its focus was on education and formal training. Recent studies find that much of the performance of newly hired workers is driven by learning by doing or learning from peers or supervisors in the workplace....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432166
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Collaborative open training with serious games : relations, culture, knowledge, innovation, and desire
Allal-Chérif, Oihab; Bidan, Marc - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 2 (2017) 1, pp. 31-38
serious games: relations, culture, knowledge, innovation, and desire. This model is then discussed and tested on eight other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846947
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Economic analysis of knowledge : the history of thought and the central themes
Leppälä, Samuli - 2012
Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this literature by identifying the main themes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708069
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Universities that matter for regional knowledge base renewal : the role of multilevel embeddedness
Grashof, Nils; Graf, Holger - 2023
We analyze the role of universities or, more generally higher education institutions (HEIs), in terms of their regional and international embeddedness for regional knowledge base renewal. We assume that the introduction of radical patents in the sense of novel technological combinations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014316502
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Labor mobility and innovation in Africa
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Okara, Assi; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022
We develop a theoretical model to investigate whether short-term mobility differentially affects innovation in product …, and the United Nations. We find that labor mobility positively affects innovation: on average, a 10% increase in the flow … and foster innovation. The probability of innovation as a result of short-term mobility is 0.4 higher in Africa overall …
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The economics of diversity: innovation, productivity, and the labour market
Ozgen, Ceren - 2021
of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity, and the labour market. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517843
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Invisible geniuses : could the knowledge frontier advance faster?
Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2018
The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950778
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Productivity spillovers among knowledge workers in agglomerations : evidence from GitHub
El-Komboz, Lena Abou; Fackler, Thomas; Goldbeck, Moritz - 2024
Software engineering is prototypical of knowledge work in the digital economy and exhibits strong geographic concentration, with Silicon Valley as the epitome of a tech cluster. We investigate productivity effects of knowledge worker agglomeration. To overcome existing measurement challenges, we...
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