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Psychological process models and aggregate behavior

Pipergias Analytis, Pantelis - 2014

This dissertation comprises of three independent essays which introduce novel psychologically inspired process models and examine their implications for individual, collective or market behavior. The first essay studies multi-attribute choice as a guided process of search. It puts forward a...

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How to identify social ties in innovation partnerships? : the case of French science-industry collaborations

Ferru, Marie; Grossetti, Michel; Bès, Marie-Pierre - 2011

Social embeddedness appears to be a promising way to analyze knowledge collaborations, notably to better understand their build up and their spatial patterns. Nevertheless, measurement problems and an over-territorialized conception of the notion exist. When studying the formation of these...

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Strategies to innovate in SMEs : analyzing the key factors of internationalization and interaction in Basque and Sicilian firms : 53th European Regional Science Association (ERSA)...

Cermelli, Massimo; Asso, Pier Francesco; Pipitone, Vito - 2013

capable of promoting interaction between individual and collective subjects. The knowledge of workers becomes, within firms … experiences between firms and within firms together with a high level of interaction among the agents, that constitute the social … generation of innovation at the firm levels. Internationalization and interaction for SMEs represent action strategies in an …

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Essays in labor economics and the economics of education

Thiemann, Petra - 2015

Diese Dissertation besteht aus fünf Aufsätzen aus den Bereichen Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungsökonomie. Das Ziel der Dissertation ist es, ein Verständnis für die Faktoren zu entwickeln, die individuelle Bildungsziele und individuelles Arbeitsangebot determinieren. Die Hauptmotivation dieser...

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Acculturational homophily in friendships based on English-name usage : a natural experiment

Xu, Dafeng - 2015

This paper examines acculturational homophily in friendships of international students. Acculturation (also known as cultural assimilation) is measured by English-name usage. I use data from Renren.com, a Facebook-type social networking site based in China. The sample consists of students who...

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Exploring city social interaction ties in the big data era : evidence based on location-based social media data from China

Wu, Wenjie; Wang, Jianghao - 2015

Location-based social media data is, increasingly, an important facilitator of exploring the movement of goods and people in and between countries across the globe. Typical examples include Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare. As with all social media data outputs, the fundamental value of...

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Your very private job agency : job referrals based on residential location networks

Hawranek, Franziska; Schanne, Norbert - 2014

Your very private job agency: Job referrals based on residential location networks This paper analyzes job referral effects that are based on residential location. We use georeferenced record data for the entire working population (liable to social security) and the corresponding establishments...

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Do birds of a feather flock together? : proximities and inter-clusters network

Amisse, Sylvain; Hussler, Caroline; Muller, Paul; … - 2011

The present contribution develops on the analysis of clusters in terms of proximities by exploring the issue of distant inter-cluster collaborations. We mobilize different forms of proximity (geographic, cognitive, social) discussed in the literature in order to identify their respective...

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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties

Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2014

We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...

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Analysis of intra-metropolitan mobility in Marmara region : 51st Congress of European Regional Science Association (ERSA), New Challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a...

Erginli, Bürge Elvan; Baycan Levent, Tüzin - 2011

in Marmara Region and to find out the interaction between the districts of Istanbul and the other districts in Marmara … interaction between the districts of Istanbul and the other districts of Marmara Region. All quantitative data of the study is … departure profiles, a chaotic picture of a huge original interaction matrix of 1985-1990 and 1995-2000 mobility flows can be …

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