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production, it is considered as a new engine of economic development, hereby the role of knowledge, innovation, technology and … learning is necessary to be reconsidered. This can also be derived by the fact that the presence of innovation fundamentally … determines the competitiveness of regions and continuous innovation is required to obtain competitive edge (Lengyel 2000). We can …
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Hungarian Abstract:Napjainkban igen sok sikeres példa bizonyítja, hogy az egyetemek komoly szerepet tölthetnek be egy-egy térség versenyképességének javításában. A modern gazdasági fejlődés megkívánja, hogy a fokozott társadalmi és gazdasági szerepvállalás következtében az...
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This study analyzes the effects of the expansion of broadband internet access from 1999 to 2007 on labor market outcomes throughout the United States. Recent policy programs have allocated over $17 billion towards subsidizing the spread of this technology, especially to rural areas....
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The presence of developed regional transport and telecommunication infrastructure is considered a factor that can directly or indirectly contribute to regional competitiveness, especially in the age of digitalization. Through this phenomenon, we embrace a world that is becoming more connected...
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Using a generalized version of the Venables (International Economic Review, 37: 341-359) model, this article explores the relative locations of two vertically linked sectors with knowledge spillovers. Analytical investigation shows that the dynamic properties of the Venables model are...
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trademarks allow us to examine the interplay between entrepreneurship and innovation. Our analysis focuses on the factors that … that are innovation and export oriented tend to have better chances of survival compared to their counterparts. These …
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This theoretical paper examines the contributions of the neo-classical approach to the explanation of deep and persistent geographical inequalities in economic development. Central insights of each approach are combined in a model of regional economic inequality, here defined as differences in...
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In this work we measure the technological position of the Italian regions with the adoption of the Technology Achievement Index developed by Desai, Fukuda, Johansson and Sagasti (2002). First we note that other available indexes are obtained as a by-product of theoretical- based methods, so that...
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How do seaports evolve in relation to each other? Recent studies in port economics and transport geography focused on how supply chain integration has structurally changed the competitive landscape in which individual ports and port actors operate. Port regionalization has been addressed as the...
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By employing 1995-2000 data on European regions we construct an index of regional openness based on the share of hotels on population and the share of population that speaks a second language. This index has an impact on regional performance after controlling for technological capabilities,...
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