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A comparative study on innovation in European cities by means of multicriteria analysis
Nijkamp, Peter; Reggiani, Aura - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2000
factors for innovation at the local level, based on micro survey information from firms. In seeking for prominent explanatory … variables for entrepreneurial innovation in various classes of European cities, a particular multivariate method - i.e., Regime … generates a wide range of interesting empirical results on innovation factors in European cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783222
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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
Nijkamp, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973358
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563824
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Entrepreneurship in a Modern Network Economy
Nijkamp, Peter - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 4, pp. 395-405
N IJKAMP P. (2003) Entrepreneurship in a modern network economy, Reg. Studies 37 , 395-405. In this survey paper the literature on entrepreneurship is summarized from the perspective of geographical seedbed conditions and network constellations. We argue that in many cases urban areas offer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005491702
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A comparative study on innovation in European cities by means of multicriteria analysis
Nijkamp, Peter; Reggiani, Aura - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2000
factors for innovation at the local level, based on micro survey information from firms. In seeking for prominent explanatory … variables for entrepreneurial innovation in various classes of European cities, a particular multivariate method - i.e., Regime … generates a wide range of interesting empirical results on innovation factors in European cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150545
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Foreign direct Investment and learning regions development in new EU countries
Geenhuizen, Marina van; Nijkamp, Peter - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2004
In this study we address the potential rise of innovative regions in Central and Eastern Europe by connecting the interests of foreign investors and the interests of recipient regions as learning regions. Our exploratory results give a rather pessimistic picture in that enhancing the innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150638
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Drivers of entrepreneurial location as an innovative act
Nijkamp, Peter; Ommeren, Jos van - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2004
This paper regards locational choice as an entrepreneurial act and seeks to identify the drivers of locational choice of SME finns. Based on a recent database on Dutch entrepreneurs, factoranalytic methods are deployed to trace three clusters of driving forces.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150653
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078467
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Measuring Cultural Diversity and its Impact on Innovation: Longitudinal Evidence from Dutch firms
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques; Ozgen, Ceren - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907963
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Container terminal services and quality
Wiegmans, Bart W.; Rietveld, Piet; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2001
In this paper the relation between container terminal services and quality is explored. Quality elements that are important to terminal customers are reliability, flexibility, availability, time, costs, control, and after sales support. Overall, it is important for the terminal operator to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782346