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Returns from Social Capital in Open Source Software Networks
Mendez-Duron, Rebeca; García, Clara E. - 2009
This paper analyzes the structural dimension of social capital, and its impact on the success of open source software projects. By examining ties existing between open source projects through their core members altogether with other contributors, we identify the communication paths and flows of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206236
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Recombination of Ideas and Direction of Inventive Activity in Economic Growth Research : Evidence from the Journal of Economic Growth
Heikkilä, Jussi - 2022
We explore the inventive activity and recombinant ideas in the field of economic growth research by analyzing the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification codes assigned to articles published in the Journal of Economic Growth. The average number of JEL codes, authors, keywords, pages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291867
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature
Nathan, Max - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196029
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010372494
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Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria into Executive Compensation and Firm Innovation : International Evidence
Tsang, Albert; Wang, Kun Tracy; Liu, Simeng; Yu, Li - 2021
) criteria into executive compensation is associated with greater innovation output in countries around the world. We also find … compensate for institutional voids and high stakeholder demand for CSR, and thereby foster firm innovation. The results of the … channel analyses suggest that a greater level of employee innovation productivity, enhanced managerial risk-taking, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214459
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Was lesen und schätzen Ökonomen im Jahr 2011?
Bräuninger, Michael; Haucap, Justus; Muck, Johannes - 2011
In diesem Aufsatz stellen wir die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter den Mitgliedern des Vereins für Socialpolitik vor, welche die Bewertung der Relevanz und Reputation ökonomischer Fachzeitschriften zum Ziel hatte. Bei der Bewertung der Relevanz werden internationale englischsprachige...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306137
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276299
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Economics : an emerging small world?
Moraga-González, José Luis; van der Leij, Marco J.; … - 2004
This paper examines the small world hypothesis. The first part of the paper presents empirical evidence on the evolution of a particular world: the world of journal publishing economists during the period 1970-2000. We find that in the 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276885
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the conven-tion in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Pro-fessor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276970
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Ranking economists on the basis of many indicators: An alternative approach using RePEc data
Seiler, Christian; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2011
In socio-economic sciences the RePEc network (Research Papers in Economics) has become an essential source for the gathering and the spread of both existing and new economic research. Furthermore, it is currently the largest bibliometric database in economic sciences containing 33 different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280831