An aging labor force is often associated with a decreasing innovative performance on aggregate, firm or individual level. Using a regional knowledge production function to explain patenting activity in German districts, we propose to include the effect of age in a twofold specification: First, we account indirectly for age by including the aggregate, age-heterogeneous human capital available in...

Despite the burgeoning literature on creative cities, seldom explored is the context of cities rich in cultural capital but more orthodox in their approach to preserving the auton omy of culture. This article discusses the status of artistic spaces occupying aban­ doned industrial premises (‘creative brownfields’) in historic cities that traditionally shape their policies around prestigious cul...

In this article, we describe proven and exciting new analytics for testing hypotheses using empirical/ archival financial accounting data. Our study seeks to (1) inform business professionals about state-of-the-art methods and evidence from accounting research and (2) trigger academics to pursue new creative cross-disciplinary research in business, economics, law, and related social science fie...

Innovative production is driven by creative destruction. High turnover requires frequent reallocation of capital. Banks play a major role in capital withdrawing funds from nonviable firms and redirecting credit to scale up the most productive firms. Structural parameters banking system thus affect country’s comparative advantage innovative sectors. Using Heckscher–Ohlin model with banks, this p...

this paper reviews the experience of persian designers and planners for creating the most livableand greenery capital city in the hole region of middle east throughout the 17th century. new concepts of urban greendevelopment emerged in that time. some of these ideas where extremely creative and vanguard from there era andstill some of them are the main theoretical basics of urban green planning...

The analysis of surveys conducted in Bulgarian companies proves that the quantity and quality human capital to greatest extent determine long-term potential for sustainable organizational development. Aware need investment capital, more company leaders managers are focused on creating value their business through training development employees; building knowledge, skills, competences motivation...

Scholarship in urban sociology has pointed to the reliance of city governments on ever-more market mechanisms for organizing social and economic policy. This form of governance involves prioritizing cities’ cultural and social assets for their value in a global competition of urban “brands,” each competing for new infusions of human and investment capital. At the same time, however, cities have...