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Do Labour Markets and Educational and Training Systems Matter for Innovation Outcomes? A multi-level analysis for the EU-27
Lorenz, Edward - HAL - 2011
market and education and training systems, and the dynamics of knowledge creation and innovation at the enterprise …Recent work on national systems of innovation has argued that there are systemic relations between national labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898588
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Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-country Investigation
Doh, Soogwan; Acs, Zoltan J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509227
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Human Capital Diversity and Product Innovation: A Micro-Level Analysis
Söllner, Rene - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509664
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Global competition for attracting talents and the world economy
DOCQUIER, Frédéric; MACHADO, Joël - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2014
This paper studies the effect of liberalizing the international mobility of college-educated workers on the world economy. First, we combine data on effective and desired migration to identify the net pool of foreign talents (NPFT) of selected high-income countries. So far, the EU15 has poorly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075063
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The dynamic implications of liberalizing global migration
DELOGU, Marco; DOCQUIER, Frédéric; MACHADO, Joël - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2013
This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075068
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Income Inequality, School Choice and the Endogenous Gentrification of US Cities
Ghidi, Paololo Melindi - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2012
Why in some urban areas do rich and poor households cohabit at the community level while, in others, we observe a sorting by income? To answer this question I develop a two-community general equilibrium framework of school quality, residential choice and tax decision. The model predicts that in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541428
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The Spatial Diffusion of a Knowledge Base-Laser Technology Research in West Germany, 1960-2005
Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from … research later, indicating the accumulation of knowledge generated in previous periods. Our results highlight the role of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511324
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L'innovation par l'hybridation : une hydre scientifique
Giacomoni, Gilbert; Jardat, Rémi - HAL - 2013
D'après l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle et l'Organisation Mondiale du Commerce, un élément de nouveauté inclut des caractéristiques nouvelles ne faisant pas partie du fond de connaissances existantes dans le domaine technique considéré. Nous partons de l'idée...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692169
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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010
, knowledge is actually becoming the principal value of reference in the new business model, and beyond business, may well prove … fast, lest many will fall behind and the “Knowledge Divide”, so much more important than the widely talked-about “Digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796094
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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010
, knowledge is actually becoming the principal value of reference in the new business model, and beyond business, may well prove … fast, lest many will fall behind and the “Knowledge Divide”, so much more important than the widely talked-about “Digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549161