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Knowledge economy and economic development in the Arab region
Nour, Samia Mohamed - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059877
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398011
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Motivating innovation in a knowledge economy with tax incentives
D'Andria, Diego; Savin, Ivan - 2015
In the past decades the role of profit sharing schemes (PSS) as a way to foster innovation in a principal-agent context …, and more generally of innovation in economic growth, have been widely acknowledged and studied. However, surprisingly … innovation in a pure knowledge economy: a "patent box" incentive and a tax incentive on compensation earned by agents as PSS. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483411
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Determinants of machinery firms' innovation activity : case study from the Czech Republic
Prokop, Viktor; Stejskal, Jan - 2015
machinery industry. Nothing has received as much attention as innovation, which has been pinpointed as the fundamental driving … force for economic growth and welfare as well as a key factor in competitiveness. Therefore, innovation growth is seen as a … mechanism to influence economic growth, and therefore firms capable of increasing their innovation potential benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478178
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Intra firm networks in the German knowledge economy : economic performance of German agglomerations from a relational perspective
Bentlage, Michael; Thierstein, Alain - 2011
Flows and inter-linkages between and within polycentric metropolitan regions have become a fundamental topic in regional sciences. The knowledge economy as a primary driver of spatial restructuring is forming these relations by generating knowledge within a spatially fine graded division of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539293
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Economic implications of business dynamics for KE-associated economic growth and inclusive development in African countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.; … - 2014
This paper develops an empirically-relevant framework (a) to examine whether or not the African business environment hinders or promotes the knowledge economy (KE), (b) to determine how the KE which emerges from such an environment affects economic growth, and (c) how growth in turn relates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409222
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The impact of entrepreneurship on knowledge economy in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank’s index of KE are employed. Instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410617
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The role of mobile phones in governance-driven technology exports in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - 2017
This study assesses how the mobile phone influences governance to improve information and communication technology (ICT) exports in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and three main governance concepts are used, namely:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721134
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Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study investigates the role of mobile phones in governance for doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from the period 2000-2012 by employing the Generalised Method of Moments. Three broad concepts of governance are explored, namely: (i) political (comprising voice & accountability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586927
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Building knowledge economies in Africa : a survey of policies and strategies
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
technology, (iii) economic incentives and institutional regime and (iv) innovation systems. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668537