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This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …
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In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
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In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call 'the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329079
innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
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innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
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The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in … innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the … curtailed by budget cuts. Revitalizing the dynamism of innovation has become a priority for US policymakers. To this end, it is …
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Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...
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investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …
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Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women entrepreneurs in improving their business outcomes. It focuses...
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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
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