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Parallel search, incentives and problem type : revisiting the competition and innovation link
Boudreau, Kevin J. (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753118
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Policy and state in complexity economics
Elsner, Wolfram - 2017
Complexity economics has developed into a powerful empirical, theoretical, and computational research program in the last three decades, advancing more realistic economics. It converges with longstanding heterodox schools, and its theoretical and empirical findings are consistent with older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660103
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Contests with small noise and the robustness of the all-pay auction
Ewerhart, Christian - 2016 - Revised version
This paper considers all-pay contests in which the relationship between bids and allocation reflects a small amount of noise. Prior work had focused on one particular equilibrium. However, there may be other equilibria. To address this issue, we introduce a new and intuitive measure for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538607
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Contests with small noise and the robustness of the all-pay auction
Ewerhart, Christian - 2017 - Revised version
This paper considers all-pay contests in which the relationship between bids and allocations reflects a small amount of noise. Prior work had focused on one particular equilibrium. However, there may be other equilibria. To address this issue, we introduce a new and intuitive measure for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674146
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Boosting social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development in Estonia : in-depth policy review
OECD; Europäische Kommission - 2020
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the Estonian policy ecosystem in place for social innovation, social … country. Key policy issues analysed include: building a culture of social innovation and social entrepreneurship (Section 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227514
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Optimal diversity in investments with recombinant innovation
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den; Zeppini-Rossi, Paolo - 2008
innovation. We develop a formal model of an innovation arising from the combination of two existing modules with the objective to … innovation) and the benefits associated with returns to scale. We derive conditions for optimal diversity under different regimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377094
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The effects of pollution and business environment on firm productivity in Africa
Soppelsa, Maria E.; Lozano Gracia, Nancy; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2019
This paper explores the links between city competitiveness and air pollution and the business environment. Because … as a proxy for city competitiveness. It focuses on African firms, because this region is developing fast and experiencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022343
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New explanatory models for analysing spatial innovation : a comparative investigation
Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; Sabella, Enrico - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000168256
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New explanatory models for analysing spatial innovation : a comparative investigation
Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; Sabella, Enrico - 1999
Innovation research has become an important topic in regional science analysis. Yet the modelling base of much … innovation research is still feeble. This paper aims to map out the research potential of recent approaches in quantitative … space-economy. The urban context of European innovation processes is used as an empirical background. The paper addresses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300560