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How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes

Akcomak, Semih; Ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

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The R&D activity of multinational enterprises in peripheral economies: evidence from the EU new member states

Narula, Rajneesh; Guimon, Jose - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies …

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The Global Challenges of the Knowledge Economy: China and the EU

Huang, Can; Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

This paper addresses some of the challenges confronting the European Union and China as they build their knowledge economies, and their on-going and possible future actions to address such challenges. Fifty years after the creation of what became the European Union, we argue that there is an...

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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

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