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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013
Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export...
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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
Greece’s currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209745
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Modernizing the Chinese Way : Effect of Big-Science Research Infrastructure on China’s Indigenous Science Growth
Yang, Xiyi; Zhou, Xiaoyu; Cao, Cong - 2022
Since the mid-twentieth century, big-science research infrastructure (RI) has become an indispensable component in modern scientific research. Yet little is known about how emerging countries can use these expensive infrastructures to improve their indigenous innovation and catch up with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013294143
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Technological innovation and inclusive growth in Germany
Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2017
Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth. Fearing that this declining impact would undermine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772201
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Upgrading Japan's Innovation System to Sustain Economic Growth
Jones, Randall - 2006
Increasing productivity growth through innovation is a key to raising living standards. Although R&D intensity in Japan is the third highest in the OECD area, the benefits do not appear to have been commensurate with the level of investment. The innovation system, which developed during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446441
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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012
deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …
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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19: decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow … that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243470
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Is productive entrepreneurship getting scarcer? : a reflection on the contemporary relevance of Baumol's typology
Minniti, Maria; Naudé, Wim; Stam, Erik - 2023
We review Baumol's typology of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship. We argue that the typology is … the thesis that entrepreneurship has become less productive, due to the unintended effects of entrepreneurship policies … adopted widely in Western economies. These have straight-jacketed, distracted and zombified entrepreneurship. Removing these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335837
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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19 : decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the flow of … is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be persistent. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262279
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Entrepreneurship, Institutions, and Economic Growth
Boudreaux, Christopher; Caudill, Steven B. - 2019
This study questions the assumption that entrepreneurship unequivocally leads to economic growth. Using insights from … institutional theory and development economics, we reevaluate entrepreneurship’s contribution towards economic growth. Our study … uses Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data for a panel of 83 countries from 2002 to 2014 and highlights several …
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