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Training Propensity of Start-ups in Switzerland - A Study Based on Data for the Start-up Cohort 1996-97

Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

This study is based on data of a cohort of Swiss firms that were founded in 1996/97. In the year 2000 data were collected by means of a postal survey among those firms, which still existed by that time. In 2003 and 2006 two further surveys were conducted among the participants of the respective...

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Are Firm Innovativeness and Firm Age Relevant for the Supply of Vocational Training? – A Study Based on Swiss Micro Data

Arvanitis, Spyros - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …

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DETERMINANTS OF THE DISPOSITION TO IMITATE OR TO INNOVATE

Pérez-Luño, Ana; Cabrera, Ramón Valle; Wiklund, Johan - Departamento de Dirección de Empresas, Universidad … - 2008

The aims of this paper are the following. Firstly, we delimitate the innovation and imitation concepts. Secondly, using …

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Cost calculations, religion and commerce: the Book of Good Government of the Souk of Malaga in the 13th Century

Manjón, Jesús D. López-; Hidalgo, Fernando Gutiérrez; … - Departamento de Dirección de Empresas, Universidad … - 2009

This paper analyzes the cost calculations in the 13th Century Book of Good Government of a Souk (Zoco), written by Al-Saqati and dealing with the Malaga souk. This helps us to appreciate the historical accounting patrimony of al-Andalus and to consider the influence of religious doctrine on cost...

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Building a Knowledge-Based View of the Firm

Pizarro-Moreno, Isabel; Real, Juan C.; Sousa-Ginel, Elena - Departamento de Dirección de Empresas, Universidad … - 2007

Increasing globalisation and dynamism in the economy has made it necessary for established companies to regenerate themselves and renew their ability to compete. This is the goal of Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) activities, which involve extending the firm’s domain of competence and...

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Agglomeration Externalities, Innovation and Regional Growth: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis

Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2008

Technological change and innovation and are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth … (diversity) and Porter externalities (competition) that have provided alternative explanations for innovation and urban growth …

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Modern Biotechnology in New Zealand: Further Analysis of Data from the Biotechnology Survey 1998/99

Marsh, Dan - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2001

The New Zealand Government has indicated a strong interest in fostering innovation and aims to concentrate on selected …). This paper aims to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge of biotechnology and innovation processes in New Zealand. It is … modern biotech processes and includes analysis of the rate of innovation by biotech respondents compared to OECD estimates …

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Biotechnology in New Zealand

Marsh, Dan - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2004

detailed review of secondary sources. It provides the background for a study of the determinants of innovation reported …

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Demographic Change and Regional Competitiveness: The Effects of Immigration and Ageing

Poot, Jacques - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

ageing and immigration on aspects of regional competitiveness such as innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity …

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EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

Kaasa, Anneli - Majandusteaduskond, Tartu Ülikool - 2007

This paper investigates how different dimensions of social capital influence innovation output. The novelty of the … innovation. Unlike many previous studies, this one uses the structural equation modelling approach instead of regression analysis … in order to take into account the relationships between the factors of innovation. Regional-level data from Eurostat …

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