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Entry, growth, and survival in the green industry
Silva, Dakshina G. De; Hubbard, Timothy P.; McComb, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Economists have, for some time, studied the factors that induce firm entry, lead to growth, and help firms succeed in various markets. Unfortunately, such patterns have not been considered for the so-called "green industries." Although policymakers might like to stimulate development of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360269
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The role of Entrepreneurial Universities in interfacing Competitive Advantages: The Case of Beira Interior region (Portugal)
Ferreira, Joao; Leitão, João; Raposo, Mario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
: traditional activities and tourism; and entrepreneurship and innovation. In terms of future research, the same analytical tool …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837290
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The Geography of Creative People in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This article investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457192
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Capital allocation in the Greek regions
Liargovas, Panagiotis G.; Daskalopoulou, Irene F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The present study analyses the location of new economic activities in the 51 Greek prefectures (NUTS III level) as the outcome of agglomeration economies and other factors that are acknowledged as determinants of new firm location. Cross-section data referring to the location choices of firms in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004207
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International Trade and Local Outsourcing
Marjit, Sugata; Yang, Lei; Xu, Xinpeng - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
standard Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model we show that international trade promotes fragmentation, entrepreneurship and … outsourcing due to the capital cost effect and the scale effect. We also unveil one source of productivity and formalize a link … between trade and productivity. We illustrate that both the scale effect and the flourish of entrepreneurial talent due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559019
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The Struggle to Survive in the R&D Sector: Implications for Innovation and Growth
Furukawa, Yuichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
By allowing for investment activities by research and development (R&D) firms to prevent product obsolescence, we show that if legal patent protection is too strong, a higher R&D subsidy rate delivers insufficient investments for survival in the R&D sector, depressing innovation and growth in...
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Sub-National Institutions and Firm Survival in Vietnam
Doan, Quang Hung; Vu, Hoang Nam; Dao, Ngoc Tien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
By combining two sets of survey data - provincial competitiveness index (PCI) from VNCI-VCCI and USAID and annual enterprise census from Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO) for the period between 2005 and 2011, we estimate the effects of sub-national institutions measured by Provincial...
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The Effect of Motivation on Self-Employment Duration in Germany: Necessity versus Opportunity Entrepreneurs
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
discuss the implications of our finding for entrepreneurship-policy making. Suggestions to improve governmental start …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836518
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Geographic concentration and firm survival
Silva, Dakshina G. De; McComb, Robert P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
If localization economies are present, firms within denser industry concentrations should exhibit higher levels of performance than more isolated firms. Nevertheless, research in industrial organization that has focused on the influences on firm survival has largely ignored the potential effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283798
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Foreign presence, technical efficiency and firm survival in Greece: a simultaneous equation model with latent variables approach
Louri, Helen; Peppas, Costas; Tsionas, Efthymios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The aim of the paper is to explain the role that technical efficiency and foreign spillover effects have on firm survival. Panel data from Greek manufacturing industry (3142 firms) in 1997-2003 are used. Technical efficiency is estimated through a CES translog production function. A hazard...
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