The five initial recommendations from the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council focus on increasing Rhode Island’s ability to conduct and commercialize research, support local entrepreneurs and new company creation, promote public/private partnership, and better leverage Rhode Island’s size as a competitive advantage.
According to the report, the economic impact of the University of South Carolinas eight campuses and its alumni on the state of South Carolina is more than $4 billion. The report also indicates that USC generates 25,460 jobs, either directly in the university or indirectly through construction and purchasing in the community. The report breaks down the total economic and employment impact of each regional campus.
The authors use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values, and to test the hypothesis that individuals lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their tenure security. Results point toward strong and positive effects of greater tenure security and transferability.
This report documents the economic contributions of the member institutions of the West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities, Inc. to the West Virginia economy. Significant findings include a direct economic impact of $345 million in business volume and a total of $6,258 jobs created throughout West Virginia.
The purpose of this special issue is to broaden the scope of understanding of New Product Development (NPD) by going beyond the traditional Western research settings and looking at how new products are developed in Asia. This paper introduces the special issue on NPD in Asia and identifies key patterns of similarities and differences between Asian and Western NPD practices.
This paper focuses on the role of sponsored spin-offs for industrial growth and dynamics. A sponsored spin-off is a firm born out of the venturing activities and the active involvement of an established organization; in this paper the latter in the form of retained partial ownership in the new firm.
To answer the question, "did ICT firms behave very differently from non-ICT firms during the global ICT boom-bust cycle on the stock markets?," the authors analyze the financial behavior of a sample of North-American and Western European firms during 1991-2002.
To answer the question, "did ICT firms behave very differently from non-ICT firms during the global ICT boom-bust cycle on the stock markets?," the authors analyze the financial behavior of a sample of North-American and Western European firms during 1991-2002.
The authors find that business group affiliation continues to generate higher market valuation vis-à-vis standalone firms ten years into the transition, but diversification is not the source of these benefits.
This report reviews the available theoretical and empirical evidence regarding asset price and wealth effects in Europe and some other major economies. The main focus of this report is on consumption effects via the wealth channel, reflecting the bulk of literature on the effects of asset prices.