There have been growing interests on studies focusing on the shifting from resource economy to knowledge economy, and entrepreneurship and innovation seem to take leading roles in such discourse. Despite the fact that entrepreneurship has been recognized for the last few decades as an essential...

This chapter examines the assimilation and risk of online social media (OSM) in Saudi Arabia. It seeks to identify the nomological set of antecedents that can explain the variation in the assimilation of OSM and the impact of OSM on the Saudi community. Using the diffusion of innovation theory,...

The labour endowment and utilization across sub-national regions differ by educational attainment. Generally, the high-income developed regions are richly endowed with the highly educated that enjoys greater employment stability. The reverse may be true for the lower-income developing regions....

Population changes are decisive for growth performances. This has been shown in a number of country studies, using time series data. The analysis is here extended in two dimensions: 1) the importance of demographics for growth is taking in to account a regional dimension allowing for spatial...

A higher level and continuous education throughout entire life (necessary for adapting to the changes in the labor market) and a better health offer greater chances of sustained economic and social development. Also, a higher education level contributes to decrease the disparities between...