this study presents an empirical evidence concerning the comparison of  the dynamics of competitiveness in the creative and manufacturing industries. it investigated the impact of the economic crisis in the behavior of the competitiveness of those industries. the samples were 42 firms taken from 3 sub-sectors of the creative industries and 3 sub-sectors of the manufacturing industries listed in...

for the further recognition of the past and present situation of on the job (further) training in industrially developed countries and the impact of economic and social trends this article is been researched. in this article the pros and cons of further education in different organizations on the basis of the expert views have been analysed. in this arena the advocates of the programme is very ...

In spite of the generally large interest in demography of religious communities and the relation between population dynamics and various aspects of socio-economic life (for example economic development and social inequalities), there has until now not been any attempt to collect and estimate religious composition by age and sex as well as differences in fertility for all countries in the world....

Recent literature in economic growth suggests that it is taking place a theoretical research convergence among historical studies and neo-growth theory. We argue in this paper that system dynamics, due to be a flexible methodology, may be an instrument for helping to bridge those two strands of thoughts. The paper begins for presenting a stylized historical background for endogenous growth theo...

We derive an R&D-based semi-endogenous growth model where technological progress depends on the available amount of technological opportunity. Incremental innovations provide direct increases in the knowledge stock but they reduce technological opportunity and thus the potential for further improvements. Technological opportunity can be renewed only by radical innovations (which have no direct ...

A system dynamics method to assess carrying capacity of a defined natural environment is presented. The proposed method seeks to relate per capita resource usage to ranges of population and per capita consumption beyond which the system is not viable relative to population dependent resource constraints. It provides a platform to investigate system behavior through system dynamics simulations w...

The growth in population beyond the optimal size associated by socio-political development and technical revolution results in increased pressure on natural environment as well as on the process of economic development. In order to achieve a better quality of life, care has to be taken to obtain smooth movement in all the systems and sub systems connected with quality of living. The change in t...

With the purpose of studying the influence of population dynamics and economic growth on energy consumption and carbon emissions, an endogenous economic growth model is proposed incorporating physical and human capital and using an Agent-Based Model. The model can test different development strategies by identifying the key factors existing at the agent level that may speed up or slow down a gi...