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This chapter intends to demonstrate that the Stockholm region is the key centre for knowledge development, innovations … tasks associated with a job. Moreover, the knowledge intensity of an ur-ban region can be related to the absorption capacity … creative ideas and a larger absorptive capacity. This allows the Stockholm region to function as a source of innovation and …
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provided, and an examination of the spatial distribution. While there is a close relation between larger markets and knowledge …
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Human capital is observed to be an important contributor to growth but unevenly distributed geographically. While there is consensus on the importance of human capital to economic development, debate takes shape around two central issues. First, there is the question of how best to measure human...
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Research on human capital generally focuses on the regional level, and neglects the relative effects of its distribution between center cities and surrounding suburbs. This research examines the effects of this intra-metropolitan distribution on economic performance. The findings indicate that...
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While there is a general consensus on the importance of human capital to regional development, debate has emerged around two key issues. The first involves the efficacy of educational versus occupational measures (i.e. the creative class) of human capital, while the second revolves around the...
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influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …
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stages. First, an invention or innovation is generated, and then it is developed and commercialized to create benefits for … innovation inputs to processes that generate regional productivity and productivity gains. We also find that the most effective …
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