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Regional public research, higher education, and innovative start-ups : an empirical investigation
Aamoucke, Ronney; Fritsch, Michael - 2013
Based on detailed information about the regional knowledge base, particularly about universities, we find that regional public research and education have a strong positive impact on new business formation in innovative industries but not in industries classified as non-innovative. Measures for...
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Evaluation of the structure of the services sector in Brazil : a regional approach
Cardoso, Verônica Lazarini; Perobelli, Fernando Salgueiro - 2014
The accelerated growth of the service sector is one of the characteristics of the actual pattern of global growth. In Brazil, it is possible to point to a move towards a 'service economy' following the global standard. However, it cannot say that Brazil is regionally services intensive, ie, the...
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The determinants of inward foreign direct investment in business services across European regions : paper prepared for the ERSA 2013 Congress, Palermo, 27-21 August
Castellani, Davide; Meliciani, Valentina; Mirra, L. - 2013
The paper accounts for the determinants of inward foreign direct investment in business services across the EU-27 regions. Together with the traditional variables considered in the literature (market size, market quality, agglomeration economies, labour cost, technology, human capital), we focus...
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The regional distribution of knowledge-intensive services in Europe : a spatial approach
Camacho Ballesta, José A.; Rodríguez Molina, Mercedes; … - 2010
knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) to regional innovation has emerged. Most of these papers adopt a national …
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Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...
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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2012
We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find...
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Spatial differentiation in industrial dynamics : a core-periphery analysis based on the Pavitt-Miozzo-Soete Taxonomy
Capasso, Marco; Cefis, Elena; Frenken, Koen - 2011
We compare the industrial dynamics in the core, semi-periphery and periphery in The Netherlands in terms of firm entry-exit, size, growth and sectoral location patterns. The contribution of our work is to provide the first comprehensive study on spatial differentiation in industrial dynamics for...
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National Capital Region in India : An Overview
Mishra, Abhijit K. - 2016
Since when the new economic policy was adopted in 1991, the MSEs have experienced an exhilarating politico-economic environment for their thriving. In response to favorable economic climate, establishment of MSEs accelerated throughout the nation. Similar or perhaps more strong thrust was...
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The gastronomy as an art and its role in the local economic development of a tourism destination : a literature review
Manola, Maria; Koufadakis, Stylianos X. - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 70 (2020) 1/2, pp. 81-92
The purpose of this paper is to review recent research on the art of gastronomy and its contribution to local economic development as a result of the upgrading of gastronomic tourism. Hospitality and the culinary arts undoubtedly play a major role in influencing the experience of gastro-tourists...
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Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth
Brenner, Thomas; Capasso, Marco; Duschl, Matthias; … - 2015
(KIBS) and overall regional employment growth using German labour-market data for the period 1999-2012. Adopting a recently … KIBS and other sectors are examined including various time lags. One main finding holds that although regional growth has a … negative short-term effect on KIBS, KIBS growth has a long-term positive effect on the whole regional economy. This result …
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