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Hometown Tax Donation is designed to bolster regional economies through the provision of reciprocal gifts by local businesses, and can be regarded as a unique SME policy which is not reliant on subsidies, but instead, offers businesses the incentive to develop attractive products and yields...
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This study investigates the urban economic development strategy of innovation districts. As the phenomenon of … innovation districts currently is flourishing and expanding across the nation, it commands rigorous attention from those … associated with the economic development strategy will be valuable to policymakers. By studying innovation districts, we aim to …
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this purpose, regional characteristics that are related to innovation barriers are identified and operationalized. Then, a …
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strategy is contingent on or independent of the characteristics of a regional innovation system. The statistical analyses show … the characteristics of the regional innovation system. This implies that the strategies were inefficient because economic …
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The paper aims to show how policy makers can stimulate firms' cooperation with research organisations in innovation. We …
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The paper aims at investigating whether Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) can have a role in facilitating regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3). Drawing on the economic geography approach to S3, we formulate some hypotheses about the impact that KETs-related knowledge can have on the...
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Smart cities represent the future of urban development in Emerging Asia as more and more cities and countries resort to smart technologies to build more efficient and liveable urban environments, boost economic growth, foster well-being and facilitate citizen engagement. Policy makers in the...
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? Based on data from the regional innovation scoreboard (RIS) is this issue addressed relative to the income level, previous … growth performance and convergence. In the first part of the paper, the innovation performance of the regions is modelled … and weaknesses of the innovation structure in different regions. In addition the issues of returns to scale will be …
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concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of around 1,300 UK SMEs. The results suggest that firms …
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competitiveness of firms and regions. This article analyzes the level of innovation in Spain, the role played by Information and …Economic globalization has rendered innovation policy as the main instrument for improving —or keeping— the threatened …, Development and innovation Programmes. …
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