A huge range of economic literature is assessing the impact of agglomeration economies and the resulting knowledge externalities on industrial growth but neglects the intermediary link, namely knowledge creation capacity. This paper aims at filling the gap and studies the impact of urbanization...

This article analyzes how investments in transportation infrastructure made by the PROACESSO program affected employment and wages of the municipalities of Minas Gerais, using data on employment and earnings from 2000 to 2010. For this, we use a differences-in-differences strategy that explores...

This article adds to the debate on internationalization competences of SMEs. After an examination of the most influential papers, we systematically discuss the role of individual and organizational competence gaps before and during the internationalization phase. In more detail, we raise the...

The problem discussed in this paper is the need to understand ways to implement web-based technology to reduce the cost and time in doing business. The specific focus of this paper is to understand what the risks, challenges, and methodology are for implementing web-based technology for reducing...

Transformation of the Russian economy from export-raw material to the innovation type of development conforms to the objective requirements to improve its competitiveness (including the financial sector of the economy) and proceeds from the substantial development objectives on the basis of...

The aim of the paper it to explore the theoretical foundation of the competition among cities in order to derive policy implications for both national and local public policy makers. First we analyse the evolution of the concept of competitions among cities, starting from the static view of the...

The analysis of innovation, industrial dynamics and the evolution of industries has witnessed major progress in several areas. The paper discusses the progress made in the industrial dynamics tradition and in the more recent stream of studies centred on the evolution of sectoral systems. It...

This paper studies the set of economic relations, implemented at the present stage in the financial system of Russia and in its interaction with other sectors of the national economy. The main theme of the study is to characterize the current status of the financial system in two basic sections...

This paper investigates the essence of entrepreneurial universities, as well as the major theoretical approaches to their analysis. The paper reveals the main stages in the development of the concept of entrepreneurial university, the analysis of the linear model of innovation and the "Triple...

The research of long-term dynamics of innovative potential is conducted in the preprint. The technique of the detection of regional features of the formation of conditions promoting innovative activity is offered. The theoretical general equilibrium model taking into account the diffusion of the...