Essays about: "Knowledge Spillovers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Knowledge Spillovers.

1. 1. Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers: Evidence from Egypt, 2000-2020

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Petronella Hall; [2023]
   Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment; FDI; Egypt; Spillovers; Absorptive Capacity; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a crucial element of globalization; knowledge spillovers, increasing employment, and technology transfer through inward FDI promote economic growth. Egypt is the top FDI recipient in Africa, and empirical literature finds a positive correlation between FDI and economic growth in the country; however, there are limited academic discourses on the channels through which FDI positively affects the economy. READ MORE

3. 2. Transport infrastructure accessibility and productivity: Evidence from Sсania region, Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Illia Tsarenko; [2023]
   Keywords : productivity; wages; agglomeration economies; bus transport infrastructure; road transport infrastructure; accessibility;

   Abstract : Several huge transport infrastructure projects have been implemented in the Scania region, Sweden, during the last two decades and more are on the way. The reasoning for constructions such projects usually include direct benefits on commuting cost savings and indirect impacts on agglomeration economies and, therefore, productivity in the region. READ MORE

4. 3. Inward FDI and InnovationIn the Context of a Least Developed Country - A single case study on the innovation system of Kigali, Rwanda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Mette Barten; Aron Holmgren; [2022-07-05]
   Keywords : Foreign direct investment; FDI spillover effects; innovation; innovation systems; innovation capabilities; absorptive capacities; Rwanda; Kigali;

   Abstract : Previous research shows a theoretical debate regarding the relationship between inward FDI and local innovation, where researchers argue for further research with a contextual focus. In the setting of Rwanda and its aspiration to transform from a least developed country to a knowledge-based service economy, this case study aims to understand how local actors perceive the relationship between inward FDI and innovation. READ MORE

5. 4. Office localization and the impact of remote work: A case study of a KIBS

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Simon Karlberg; Antonius Mekhael; [2022]
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   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has induced society to conduct work more remotely and therefore created challenges in adapting to this change. Remote work has created new opportunities of being less geographically bound when conducting work which therefore evokes the questions of what considerations are of importance when implementing remote work and how it has affected the choice of physical location. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effects of Non-Compete Agreements Enforceability on Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1995-2011

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Yotam Sofer; [2020]
   Keywords : Non-compete agreements; NCA; current population survey; CPS; business dynamics statistics; DBS; Firms starts; start-ups; Silicon-Valley; Route 128; knowledge spillovers; state-year variation; Difference-in-difference; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Restrictions of future employment in the form of non-compete agreements (agreements that restrict an employee from joining, forming, associating, or starting a competing firm) are commonly used in the American labor market. Yet their effects on entrepreneurship is not fully understood. READ MORE