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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature
Nathan, Max - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
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Does emigration drain entrepreneurs?
Anelli, Massimo; Basso, Gaetano; Ippedico, Giuseppe; … - 2020
Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...
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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013
innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128350
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What works in supporting women-led businesses?
Ubfal, Diego - 2024
Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women entrepreneurs in improving their business outcomes. It focuses...
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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
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Catching up or lagging behind? : the long-term business and innovation potential of subsidized start-ups out of unemployment
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2019
survival rates and little contribution to job creation, economic growth, and innovation. In this paper, we use a rich data set … and job creation, but especially also in innovation activities. The gaps in these business outcomes are relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126136
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Peer networks and entrepreneurship : a Pan-African RCT
Vega-Redondo, Fernando; Pin, Paolo; Ubfal, Diego; … - 2019
Can large-scale peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation? We conducted an RCT involving almost 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149002
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Technological innovation and inclusive growth in Germany
Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2017
Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades …, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772201
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Skills, scope, and success : an empirical look at the start-up process in creative industries in Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Wewel, Solvejg A. - 2018
Creative industries comprise enterprises focusing on the creation, production, and distribution of creative or cultural goods and services. Following an explorative empirical approach, we analyze start-ups in creative industries regarding three issues along the startup process: (1) personal...
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Firm size and innovation in the service sector
Audretsch, David B.; Hafenstein, Marian; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018
), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …
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