Sökning: "knowledge spillover"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden knowledge spillover.
1. Heterogeneous Innovation and Labour Mobility
Sammanfattning : Knowledge is a necessary and critically important factor in generating growth and increased prosperity. The extent to which such effects are materialized depends however on its diffusion and how it transcends into innovation, entrepreneurship and growing firms. LÄS MER
2. Uppsalas biotekniska industriella system : En ekonomisk-geografisk studie av interaktion, kunskapsspridning och arbetsmarknadsrörlighet
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of the thesis is to study industrial transformation and growth within a local cluster of biotech activities in Uppsala, Sweden. A combination of theoretical approaches is used to address questions of why certain regions become more competitive: the cluster approach, innovation systems theory, and the technological systems approach. LÄS MER
3. Essays on Audit Fees and the Joint Provision of Audit and Non-Audit Services
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the factors affecting audit and non-audit fees and the effects of the joint provision of audit and non-audit services on auditing.The first essay focuses on environmental factors. LÄS MER
4. Empirical Essays in Labor and Development Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical essays in labor and development economics.Diverse Expertise, Peer Effects, and Research Productivity: Does diversity in idea space matter? We empirically explore whether the cognitive distance between collaborators affects peer effects and productivity in creating knowledge. LÄS MER
5. Understanding Firm Behavior : The Role of Recruitments and Institutional Reforms
Sammanfattning : The topic of this thesis is firm behavior and how it is shaped by institutional changes and firms’ recruitment decisions.The first essay studies how the recruitment decisions made by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their subsequent productivity development. LÄS MER