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Entrepreneurship, structural change, and economic growth
Noseleit, Florian - 2011
this process. This paper aims to shed some light on the relation between entrepreneurship and growth by arguing that … entrepreneurial activity relates to growth via reallocation of factors across sectors. While the importance of entrepreneurship for … the complex relation between entrepreneurship and growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548154
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Agglomeration Externalities and Localized Employment Growth
de Vor, Friso; de Groot, Henri L. F. - 2008
This paper addresses the question to what extent the performance of industrial sites is affected by their local economic structure and accessibility. For this aim, we test for the existence of statistically significant relationships between agglomeration externalities (specialization, diversity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219265
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Exploring the knowledge filter : how entrepreneurship and university-industry relations drive economic growth
Mueller, Pamela (contributor) - 2005
hypotheses that entrepreneurship and university-industry relations are vehicles for knowledge flows and, thus, spur economic … growth. -- Regional growth ; regional development ; Knowledge ; Entrepreneurship ; university-industry relations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376197
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On the predictability of knowledge formation : the tortuous link between regional specialisation, trade and development
Bretschger, Lucas - 1999
The paper examines the relation between industrial mix and regional productivity growth. For this purpose, a dynamic model of the open economy with differentiated sectoral knowledge formation and incomplete interregional knowledge diffusion is constructed. The theoretical framework is first used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484505
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Entrepreneurship, Corruption, and the Size of U.S. Underground Economies
Wiseman, Travis - 2015
Using state-level data on productive and unproductive entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and public official … (higher) levels of informal economic activity. Additionally, I aim to connect entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035948
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Entrepreneurship : The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany
Rocha, Hector O.; Sternberg, Rolf - 2013
This paper is about the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. Defining entrepreneurship as the … entrepreneurship at the regional level? Second, if clusters are associated with different levels of entrepreneurship, what explains … and empirical research to explain the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. This paper uses the 97 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160113
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Geographic Factors and China's Regional Development Under Market Reforms, 1978-98
Bao, Shuming; Chang, Gene H; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Woo, … - 2003
This study investigates the geographic effects on regional economic growth in China under market reforms. We develop a model for the regional growth pattern of the Chinese economy during the period, characterized by foreign direct investment (FDI) and mobilization of rural surplus labor. The FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014103496
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Chapter 4. Regional Growth and Regional Decline
Breinlich, Holger; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Temple, … - 2014
Since the early 1990s, there has been a renaissance in the study of regional growth, spurred by new models, methods, and data. We survey a range of modeling traditions, and some formal approaches to the hard problem of regional economics; namely, the joint consideration of agglomeration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025593
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Geographic Factors and China's Regional Development Under Market Reforms, 1978-1998
Bao, Shuming; Chang, Gene H; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Woo, … - 2003
This study investigates the geographic effects on regional economic growth in China under market reforms. We develop a model for the regional growth pattern of the Chinese economy during the period, characterized by foreign direct investment (FDI) and mobilization of rural surplus labor. The FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075614
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Imperfect Information and Entrepreneurs’ Choice on Provision of House Fittings
Li, Rita Yi Man - 2013
Entrepreneurs have always been regarded as talented individuals who can bear the risk of running a business. They can reap a huge profit in return for their hard work. In mainland China, most housing entrepreneurs do not provide housing with fittings. There are no floor or wall fittings, kitchen...
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