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Sources of knowledge used by entrepreneurial firms in the European high-tech sector

Amoroso, Sara; Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - 2017

/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …

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Towards a new growth model in CESEE : convergence and competitiveness through smart, green and inclusive investment

Gereben, Áron; Wruuck, Patricia - 2021

a new growth model centred around a shift towards more home-grown innovation, digitalisation, climate change mitigation …

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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital : evidence from 3 European countries

Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - 2012

. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending … on innovation. The empirical application, carried out on about 10,500 firms located in 3 EU countries (i.e. Germany … firm's AC providing it occurs within the national boundaries. The transformation of AC into actual innovation is favoured …

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Unequal uptake of higher education mobility in the UK : the importance of social segregation in universities and subject areas

Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2018

Student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017. It is clearly popular with an increase in student uptake from 3.2 to 272.5 thousands from 1987 to 2014. Recent studies show that studying abroad provides benefits like...

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Employer provided training in Europe : determinants and obstacles

Brunello, Giorgio; Wruuck, Patricia - 2020

This report looks at employer - provided training in Europe. We start with a brief outline of the economic theory of training. We then look at the recent facts, by combining data from two employer surveys, the European Investment Bank's Investment Survey (EIBIS) and Eurostat's Continuous...

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The impact of highly-skilled ICT labour on firm performance : empirical evidence from six European countries

Hagsten, Eva; Sabadash, Anna - 2014

While unemployment in the EU is above 10%, the job vacancy rate also remains high around 1.5%. This suggests considerable unmet demand for skills, which is in the focus of the EU employment promotion policies. This paper studies the special role that schooled ICT experts in firms - an intangible...

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Are ICT displacing workers? : evidence from seven European countries

Pantea, Smaranda; Biagi, Federico; Sabadash, Anna - 2014

This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset...

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Empirical studies on the impacts of ICT usage in Europe

Falk, Martin; Biagi, Federico - 2015

degree. The third study investigates whether and to what extent ICT/e-commerce activities are enablers of innovation …

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Digitalisation and productivity : in search of the holy grail : firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries

Gál, Peter; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Renault, Theodore; … - 2019

This paper assesses how the adoption of a range of digital technologies affects firm productivity. It combines cross-country firm-level data on productivity and industry-level data on digital technology adoption in an empirical framework that accounts for firm heterogeneity. The results provide...

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Financing constraints and employers' investment in training

Brunello, Giorgio; Gereben, Áron; Weiss, Christoph; … - 2020

Using a representative sample of European firms, this paper studies whether and to what extent financing constraints affect employers' decisions to invest in employee training. It combines survey data on investment activities with administrative data on financial statements to develop an index...

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