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growth. The study distinguishes between four different categories of locations: metro cities, metro regions, urban areas, and …
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Increased urbanization, global warming and sustainable growth belong to the major contemporary policy challenges. Today … paper discusses two hypotheses on how this will affect climate change and economic growth. …
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creativity, innovation and subsequent economic growth in the economy. There-fore, it is important to focus policies in Europe on … how to improve the existing conditions of urban regions so they can function as engines of economic growth. The purpose of … ideas for a new type of spatial policies in Europe focusing on innovation and growth. For in-stance, there is a need to take …
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and growth. To accomplish this we will include the degree of co-agglomeration of similar industries as an explanatory …
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This paper provides an overview of how globalization can impact on new firm formation and its consequence on regional economic development. Although there is a large body of research on new firm formation, the economic context in which new firm formation takes place has received considerably...
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formation, survival and growth of firms. We explore these issues with both aggregate data at the municipal level and individual … of the firm’s labor force is positively associated with the survival and growth of new firms. Our results add to the …
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This study gives an account of theory, models and measurements of returns to higher education, seen as the results of economically rational investment decisions. The focus is on returns in the form of increased wages and salaries. These returns vary considerably between different countries and...
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and U.S. universities, as well as a statistical analysis of the impact of philanthropy on economic growth. The results … is globalized leading to increased economic growth. Conversely, Swedish universities were characterized by less … university structure. The Swedish model has begun to change with important implications for development in smaller domestic …
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and converted into growth, is fragmented and partial. The neoclassical growth models disregarded the entrepreneur and … viewed knowledge as an exogenous factor. Contemporary current knowledge-based growth models have re-introduced the notion of … literature that addresses the issues of knowledge creation, knowledge diffusion and growth, and the role attributed the …
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Previous studies have shown that differences in corporate governance systems and both formal and informal institutions, such as traditions and laws appear to correlate with firm performance. It has been suggested that Scandinavia and South East Asia have similar ownership structures with...
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