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The global innovation map is changing. Until a few years ago innovation activities were concentrated in the US, Europe … and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation stronghold of the … shift in innovation power by concentrating on factors within the rising powers, such as their investment in high …
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How are Asian countries preparing children to have skills—including creativity, innovation, and technical capability … education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries … are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via …
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We present a dynamic model in which an employee of a firm searches for business projects in a changing environment. It is costly to induce the employee who found a successful project in the past period to search for a new project. Past success can therefore result in profitreducing corporate...
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This paper compares the structure and the development of new firm formation activity in three German regions. The two East German regions, Dresden and Rostock, show significantly higher start-up rates than the West German region Karlsruhe. The analysis of entry cohorts reveals that not only the...
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Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
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Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751601
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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, showing how barriers to innovation and limiting steps within the R&D process are changing as a result of bioinformatics. …
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The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new EU member countries … between technology and economy, which are reflected in and supported by formation of the international databases on innovation … as well as the regulatory policies in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Making use of the concept of …
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The article focuses on cooperation of enterprises while performing their innovation activities. Many firms face various …
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