migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level … ; innovation ; cultural diversity ; knowledge spillovers ; linked employer-employee data ; Netherlands …

data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regional …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …

of tourism development, in particular those related to the role of innovation and human resources. The final section …Editorial Introduction -- Part I: Socio-Economic Impacts of Tourism -- Part II: Innovation and Competitiveness in …

Growth -- Part III: The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth … driven by knowledge and innovation. It offers novel empirical evidence on the underlying factors of the growth performance of … innovation in the development strategies of the dynamic growth regions? What are the risks and consequences of dynamic growth on …

Preface -- Part A: Knowledge and Innovation in Space -- Part B: Human Capital and Regional Growth -- Part C: Spatial … evolution or global change. In the past decade, an avalanche of new regional economic growth and innovation models has been put …

assets and characteristics comprising inter alia creativity, knowledge, innovation forces and entrepreneurship. Access to and … perspective to help cultivate creativity, human capital development and innovation as well as entrepreneurial activity, with a …