Search for dissertations about: "Labour mobility and innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Labour mobility and innovation.

2. 1. Heterogeneous Innovation and Labour Mobility

   Author : Ding Ding; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Stam Erik; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labor mobility; knowledge spillover; organizational learning; entrepreneurship; heterogeneous innovation; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

4. 2. Employment in New Firms : Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes

   Author : Gulzat Zhetibaeva Elvung; Kristina Nyström; Guido Buenstrof; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firms; labour market entrants; wage penalty; job switchers; employment; long-term employment; stepping stone hypothesis; entrepreneurship; self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the role of new firms in the labour market and uses Swedish data to analyze labour mobility in new firms, including both transitions of workers into and from new firms. In particular, it focuses on employees’ wages in new firms and post-new firm employment labour market outcomes as transitions into long-term employment and entrepreneurship. READ MORE

5. 3. The Mobility of People, Ideas and Knowledge in the Entrepreneurial Society

   Author : Erik Lundmark; Magnus Klofsten; Alf Westelius; Peter Bryant; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Absorptive capacity; entrepreneurial society; entrepreneurship; ideas; innovation; knowledge; labour mobility; mutagen; routine; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : As radical innovations facilitate communication, create new industries and make others obsolete, the established ways of organising society are being questioned. Over the last few decades, a theoretical framework and a worldview labelled the entrepreneurial society, has emerged. READ MORE

6. 4. On inter-industry relatedness and regional economic development

   Author : Kadri Kuusk; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; relatedness; regional economic development; structural change; agglomeration economies; knowledge spillovers; labour mobility; path development; Sweden; innovation; economic growth; related variety; related diversification; regional growth; evolutionary economic geography; labour market;

   Abstract : The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. READ MORE

7. 5. Knowledge Bases and the Geography of Innovation

   Author : Roman Martin; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; regional innovation systems; learning regions; differentiated knowledge bases; knowledge networks; social network analysis; Scania; Sweden;

   Abstract : Despite the ongoing globalisation of economic activities, innovation does not take place randomly distributed over space, but concentrates in certain locations. A central argument to explain the spatial concentration of innovation activities lies in the ability of geographical proximity to facilitate interactive learning and knowledge exchange, which in turn is seen as an important driver for regional growth and prosperity. READ MORE