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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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Dynamic clusters
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007
Globalization has had an enormous impact on traditional industrial structures. It seems almost the case that everything is everywhere the same. And yet, in reality, some regions in a single industrialized country enjoy rapid economic growth while others are downsizing or stagnating. Thus there...
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Spatial development
Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - 2010
We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...
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Firm Value and Geographic Competitive Advantage : Evidence from the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
Boasson, Vigdis; Boasson, Emil; MacPherson, Alan; Shin, … - 2007
This paper examines the effects of geographic sources of competitive advantage on firm value among publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies in the United States. A central argument is that firm value responds positively to geographic factors. We hypothesize that firm value is influenced by the...
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Changing Horses : Recreating Entrepreneurial Economies in the Mid-Western United States
Emmett, Ross B.; Ritchie, Bryan K.; Fournier, John T. - 2007
Economies of the Midwest United States led the world in entrepreneurialism, wealth creation, and economic transformation in the 20th century. But the institutions created to maintain that wealth are now constraining the region's capacity to make the changes necessary to adapt to the new global...
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Internal factors supporting business and technological transformation in the context of Industry 4.0
Kohnová, Lucia; Papula, Ján; Salajová, Nikola - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 20 (2019), pp. 137-145
areas such as employee education and training, organizational culture, strategy, or organizational processes, that will be …
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The need of connecting the technology, political and cultural system
Merdzhanovska, Marija - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 249-256
companies’ goals in terms of globalization and changes. The leaders have the main role in realizing the company’s strategy. They … must be strategy focused and they are responsible for connecting the employees, processes and technologies. In the … beginning of the paper, the characteristics of strategy focused leadership are analyzed. The available tools of strategy focused …
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Best Performing Cities
DeVol, Ross; Wallace, Lorna - 2004
This research report from the Milken Institute ranks U.S. metropolitan areas that are recording the top economic performance and creating the most jobs in the nation. The index is an outcomes-based measure as opposed to one that incorporates explicit measures of business costs, cost-of-living...
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The income-inequality relationship within U.S. metropolitan areas 1980-2016
Seifert, Friederike - 2021
Economic growth might both increase and decrease income inequality, depending on the circumstances. The nature of this relationship matters at the city level as well. This paper examines the income-inequality relationship within U.S. metropolitan areas using cross-section and panel regression...
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U.S. Regional Growth and Convergence, 1880-1980
McLean, Ian W.; Mitchener, Kris J. - School of Economics, University of Adelaide - 1998
The historical analysis of US regional growth is improved by augmenting existing estimates of state personal income per capita, extending previous studies of convergence across states, and more broadly, offering an improved basis for interpreting other issues in regional development such as the...
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