Taking robotic patents between 1977 and 2017 and building upon the topic modeling technique, we extract their latent topics, analyze...

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills...

This paper analyzes within a spatial endogenous growth setting the impact of public policy coordination on agglomeration. Governments...

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills...

This paper analyzes the impact of different individual skills and their economy-wide distribution among heterogenous entrepreneurs on...

In this article we analyze the interdependent issues of urbanization, growth, and globalization by presenting key empirical facts and...

Nanotechnologies (together with biotechnology, information and cognitive sciences) belong to the so-called converging technologies...

The possibility to outsource over the internet should revolutionize foreign outsourcing, especially for services (UNCTAD, 2004). Our...

Nanotechnologies are expected to be the dominant general purpose technology of the next decades. Their market potential is immense and...

Nanotechnologies are expected to be the dominant general purpose technology of the next decades. Their market potential is immense and...

Formulating a model comprising transportation, uncertainty and price, we describe how Web procurement is likely to boost volumes of...

Formulating a model which summarises transportation costs, uncertainty and price, we describe how a switch to ICT procurement can...

Nanotechnologies are technologies applied to a molecular level, which can be embedded in materials including human cells and atoms of...

This paper analyzes, within a regional growth model, the impact of a productive governmental input and integration on the spatial...

In the intermediate and long run, energy prices and hence transportation costs are expected to increase significantly. According to...

This paper analyzes the growth impact of fiscal and institutional policies for alternative sizes of regions. The local government...

We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and convergence. Our work...

Since 2004, risk in the context of nanotechnologies has been criticized as being too abstract and an all-inclusive category. Moreover,...

We analyze students’ knowledge and risk perception of four technologies. The aim is to find out whether there is a relationship...