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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856391
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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 Research … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712117
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THE PROBLEMS IN THE EVALUATION THE RISKS ON INVESTMENTS OF INNOVATION PROCESS OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Rotaru, Anatol; Susu-Turcan, Aurelia; Sestacovschi, Angela - In: Annals - Economy Series 4II (2012) December, pp. 205-212
this article, the most important features of innovation for economic growth, as well as the direction of its investment … been characterized elements of investment risk has been made an investment risk analysis, innovation process and … performance indicators. In that article presents a vision of innovation and investment activity in Moldova. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604714
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Do business and public sector research and development expenditures contribute to economic growth in Central and Eastern European Countries? A dynamic panel estimation
Silaghi, Pop; Ioana, Monica; Alexa, Diana; Jude, Cristina; … - In: Economic Modelling 36 (2014) C, pp. 108-119
This paper empirically estimates the role of private and public research and development in explaining growth of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) during 1998–2008. We employ a dynamic panel model using the Arellano–Bond's Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM). Our findings suggest...
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Portuguese economic growth revisited: a technology-gap explanation
Mendes, José Afonso; Silva, Sandra T.; Silva, Ester G. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
After a period of convergence where many perceived the country as a success case, Portugal’s economic performance proved to be disappointing in the last decade. In this study we focus on the relationship between technology and economic catching-up in order to answer to two major questions: (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949334
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Globalization, Factor Endowments and Scale-Invariant Growth
Dinopoulos, Elias; Syropoulos, Constantinos - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2004
and sequential global innovation contests in which challengers devote resources to R&D and technology leaders undertake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063396
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Echanching Productivity: Towards an Updated Action Agenda
Procter, Roger - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, … - 2011
This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural change, an enhancement of capabilities and path dependence in the economy. It examines three different approaches to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008860737
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Endogenous Economic Growth through Selection
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818379
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Handbook of Economic Growth
We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011043182
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Analysis of the Impact of Tourism on the West Africa Economy: A Panel Data Approach
Ige, Cyril Segun; Odularu, Gbadebo Olusegun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Tourism and related recreation activities play a significant role in the generation of income / foreign exchange and provision of employment opportunities. Against this backdrop, this paper aims at ascertaining empirically the impact of tourism on the West African economy from 2000 – 2004. The...
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