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Regional Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis for Provinces in the Philippines

Pede, Valerien O.; Sparks, Adam H.; McKinley, Justin D. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2012

This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship using data at the sub-national (provincial) level in the … depends on inequality and other growth factors. The contribution of each province to the overall inequality obtained from the … growth. However, the magnitude of the inequality effect is not stable across regions. Geographically Weighted Regression …

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Does trade imply convergence? : analyzing the effect of NAFTA & distance on the local convergence in Mexico

Díaz Dapena, Alberto; Fernandez Vazquez, Esteban; … - 2015

Regional Economics and Economic Growth focus on the question of trade leads to a greater concentration of economic …

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Laggard clusters as slow learners, emerging clusters as locus of knowledge cohesion (and exclusion): A comparative study in the wine industry

Giuliani, Elisa - 2004

This paper adopts sociometric analysis to explore the process of knowledge acquisition and diffusion in clusters of firms. By comparing the knowledge systems of two clusters selected for being at different stages of their development path, this study shows that the knowledge system of the...

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Internal structures and external connectedness: towards a typology of French clusters

Hussler, Caroline; Muller, Paul; Rondé, Patrick - 2015

In this explorative study, we adopt a knowledge-centred perspective on clusters and investigate whether clusters? internal structure explains clusters? external (knowledge) collaborative strategies. All in all, the main analytical issue underlying this paper is the following: do internal...

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High Technology Employment and University R&D Spillovers: Evidence from US Cities

Fitzroy, Felix; Smith, Ian; Acs, Zoltan - Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance … - 1994

Using 4 years of data from 37 American cities and 6 high technology groupings we present the first estimates of University R&D spillover effects on employment at this level of disaggregation, while controlling for prior innovations and state fixed effects. Wages and employments are strongly...

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Cluster Complexes: A Framework for Understanding the Internationalisation of Innovation Systems

Wixted, Brian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The literature on clustering that has developed over the last two decades or so has given us a wealth of information on the formation and competitiveness of places in the global economy. Similarly, the systems literature on innovation has been valuable in moving the debate around technology from...

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Innovation policy for Asian SMEs: Exploring cluster differences

Chaminade, Cristina; Vang, Jan - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

Clusters are considered an adequate tool for development by governments and international organizations. Existing literature assumes that cluster policy can be universally applied & that industries cluster in similar ways. By comparing clusters in Asia, we highlight significant industrial...

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Global-local linkages, Spillovers and Cultural Clusters: Theoretical and Empirical insights from an exploratory study of Toronto’s Film Cluster

Vang, Jan; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

This paper illustrates the importance of global-local linkages in cultural cluster studies by discussing the impact of Hollywood’s runway productions on the indigenous film cluster in Toronto, Canada. While global-local linkages are at the forefront of the current debate in cluster studies,...

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Do Firms Benefit from Being Present in Multiple Technology Clusters? An Assessment of the Technological Performance of Biopharmaceutical Firms

Lecocq, Catherine; Leten, Bart; Kusters, Jeroen; Looy, … - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2010

Firms active in knowledge-intensive fields are increasingly organizing their R&D activities on an international scale. This paper investigates whether firms active in biotechnology can improve their technological performance by developing R&D activities in multiple technology clusters. Regions...

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Internal structures and external connectedness : towards a typology of French clusters

Hussler, Caroline; Muller, Paul; Rondé, Patrick - 2015

In this explorative study, we adopt a knowledge-centred perspective on clusters and investigate whether clusters' internal structure explains clusters' external (knowledge) collaborative strategies. All in all, the main analytical issue underlying this paper is the following: do internal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477084