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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes

Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

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Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Development

Audretsch, David B.; Sanders, Mark - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

arguable made the transition to an entrepreneurial economy in which innovation, creativity and high value added in early stage …

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The growth of outward FDI and the competitiveness of the underlying economy: the case of India

Narula, Rajneesh; Prasad Kodiyat, Tiju - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

There has been an impressive spurt in the outward FDI activity of Indian MNEs since the 1990s. However, despite the rhetoric, this growth has not been exceptional, when compared to other similarly developed countries. Received economic arguments propose that successful outward investors tend to...

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The internationalization of R&D

Hall, Bronwyn H. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper surveys what we know about the internationalization of business R&D spending. I examine three specific questions about the global changes in R&D activity: First, what is the evidence that R&D is becoming more internationalized (more footloose)? Second, what are the factors that...

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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

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Using a 'Systems' Perspective to Explain the Limits of 'New' Multinational Enterprises: the role of 'members-only' location advantages

Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

I take as a starting point that the location-specific assets of the home country determine to a significant degree firm-specific assets of its firms and MNEs. This strong bond persists because of the interdependence between actors within a system, which has a growing cross-border aspect due to...

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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …

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The Global Challenges of the Knowledge Economy: China and the EU

Huang, Can; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper addresses some of the challenges confronting the European Union and China as they build their knowledge economies, and their on-going and possible future actions to address such challenges. Fifty years after the creation of what became the European Union, we argue that there is an...

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