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Entrepreneurial developments and challenges in the Sud Muntenia region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Chilian, Mihaela-Nona - 2011
Entrepreneurship is crucial for the economic development of a region. Using entropy, cluster and shift-share analysis techniques, the authors present a detailed picture of the entrepreneurial milieu of the Sud Muntenia region of Romania, pointing both towards the presence of an overall...
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Population allocation in resource-based economy areas and entrepreneurship support
Bukharova, Evgenya; Vorontsova, Irina; Ferova, Irina; … - 2014
economic activities. ? It is necessary to accelerate the process of formation of Krasnoyarsk agglomeration as a business center …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490016
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How important are agglomeration effects for plant performance? : empirical evidence for Germany
Fuchs, Michaela; Ludewig, Oliver - 2010 - Preliminary version
The question whether agglomeration effects are of importance for regional development has a long tradition in regional … science. This paper asks if regional characteristics and specifically ag-glomeration effects influence the performance of … regional agglomeration effects for Germany. Second, while earlier papers looked only at few sectors of the economy or only at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539710
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Human capital and firm relocation : why footloose firms are a rare breed
Morkute, Gintare - 2015
This paper examines the role that human capital plays in firm's strategic decisions. It focuses on long-distance corporate relocations which present certain trade-offs in terms of human capital and modifies firms' relationship with the labour force. It is assessed to what extent having (an...
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The determinants of agglomeration redux
Behrens, Kristian; Brown, W. Mark; Bougna, Théophile - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete
We study the determinants of agglomeration of Canadian manufacturing industries from 1990 to 2009. In so doing, we … revisit the seminal contribution by Rosenthal and Strange (2001, "The determinants of agglomeration", J Urban Econ 50(2), 191 …
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When are localization and urbanization economies important? : evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; Viladecans … - 2012
urbanization agglomeration patterns of new firm location. To this end, we analyze the location decisions of new manufacturing firms … in Spain. First, for a 3-digit level, we identify for each industry which type of agglomeration economies - localization … agglomeration economies, we analyse which industry characteristics are the sources that explain differences in the strength of these …
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The identification of industrial clusters : methodical aspects in a multidimensional framework for cluster identification
Titze, Mirko; Brachert, Matthias; Kubis, Alexander - 2010
Regional politicians regard the cluster concept as a key factor for promoting regional economic performance. They refer to a comprehensive set of theoretical and empirical literature which provides the clusters' positive impact on regional development. Recent studies dealing with that topic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575953
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Market potential and distance decay : growth and decline of sectors across locations in urban regions
Klaesson, Johan; Johansson, Börje - 2013
This paper introduces a model which identifies the economic activity of each local economy (location) and observes the time distance between each pair of locations as well as the average time distance between sub locations in each local economy. The study focuses on five categories of firms:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560011
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Entrepreneurship and an aging population
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - 2013
Several studies confirm a positive relationship between age and entrepreneurship. This paper analyses if this statement is true also for Sweden. By focusing on those above the age of 50, the paper adds knowledge about how individuals close to their retirement acts and how they contribute to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685120
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Planning for the future : a land-use and transport interaction model for Switzerland : conference paper at 54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August 2014
Bodenmann, Balz R.; Sanchez, Breogan; Bode, J.; Zeiler, … - 2014
Spatial and transport planners, authorities, real estate developers, investors, re-locating residents and businesses have different questions related to space and transport. These questions may concern specific land parcels, or cover a much larger area such as a city, a region, or even a whole...
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