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The report from the Department of Commerce summarizes current standards-related activities and industry input regarding the priority issues that need to be addressed to ensure an environment in which standards do not constitute barriers to trade. Also provided are recommendations on where the Department can enhance its activities.

The study uses new firm-level data to examine the effects of spin-offs and privatization on corporate performance in a rapidly emerging market economy. The study provides evidence that it is important to control for changes in ownership when analyzing spin-offs and generally to control for endogeneity, selection and data attrition when analyzing the effects of spin-offs and privatization

The study attempts to identify particular public policies which have the potential to increase the economic viability of smaller metropolitan areas and
cities. The author identifies characteristics associated with smaller metro areas that performed better-than-expected (winners) and worse-than-
expected (losers) during the 1990s, given their resources, industrial mix and location as of 1990.

The paper presents a simple North-South model of endogenous growth, based on learning by doing based on several empirical observations.

Developed through a collaborative effort of more than 1,000 stakeholders, including business, education, government and economic development leaders at both statewide and regional levels, the plan highlights priority recommendations for the Roadmap to Floridas Future. The roadmap is based on the imperative to accelerate high, value-added economic growth and guided by the need for action-oriented implementation.

The plan contains recommendations from scientists and researchers who believe the European Union needs to overhaul the research funding system. According to scientists, there are six major objectives that need to be met to keep European research up to speed.

The report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland examines innovations role in economic development, reviewing the theories that have shaped the nations economic history with an eye on current and future challenges.

The paper explores the determinants of the growth of the software industry and addresses the question of what lessons, if any, can be drawn from for economic development more generally. The authors conclude that policymakers in the U.S. should not fear the growth of new software producing regions. Instead, the U.S. economy will broadly benefit from their growth.

The paper aims to review the definition of social capital and examine its application to the wine industry in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Strong evidence of the importance of family and social capital and its impact on the flourishing community is demonstrated within the conclusion.

The working paper looks at an emerging model of economic governance in North America whose
development has coincided with broader structural changes in the way states have adapted to the
realities of globalized and innovation-driven economies. Findings focus on the Austin–San Marcos region of Texas, where one study was conducted.