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- Ahlin, Lina, et al.
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Human capital sorting : The "when" and "who" of the sorting of educated workers to urban regions
- 2018
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In: Journal of regional science. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0022-4146 .- 1467-9787. ; 58:3, s. 581-610
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The sorting of high-ability workers is often advanced as one source of spatial disparities in economic outcomes. There are still few papers that analyze when human capital sorting occurs and whom it involves. Using data on 16 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on high school grades and education levels of parents, i.e., two attributes typically associated with latent abilities that are valued in the labor market. A large part of this sorting has already occurred in deciding where to study, because the top universities in Sweden are predominantly located in urban regions. The largest part of directed sorting on ability indicators occurs in the decision of where to study. Even after controlling for sorting prior to labor market entry, the best and brightest are still more likely to start working in urban regions. However, this effect appears to be driven by Sweden's main metropolitan region, Stockholm. We find no influence of our ability indicators on the probability of starting to work in urban regions after graduation when Stockholm is excluded. Studies of human capital sorting need to account for selection processes to and from universities, because neglecting mobility prior to labor market entry is likely to lead to an underestimation of the extent of the sorting to urban regions.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Acquisitions of start-ups by incumbent businesses A market selection process of "high-quality" entrants?
- 2016
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In: Research Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0048-7333 .- 1873-7625. ; 45:1, s. 272-290
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acquisitions are often considered to reflect a technology transfer process and to also constitute one way in which a "symbiosis" between new technology-based firms (NTBFs) and established businesses is realized. Using a micro-level dataset for Sweden in which we follow new entrants up to 18 years after entry, we show that acquisitions of recent start-ups are rare and restricted to a small group of entrants with defining characteristics. Estimates from competing risks models show that acquired start-ups, in particular by multinational enterprises (MNEs), stand out from entrants that either remain independent or exit by being much more likely to be spin-offs operating in high-tech sectors, having strong technological competence, and having weak internal financial resources. Our overall findings support the argument that acquisitions primarily concern NTBFs in market contexts where entry costs are large, access to finance is important and incumbents have valuable complementary capabilities and resources. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Att lära av staden : ekonomi och fysisk planering i urbaniseringens tidevarv
- 2018
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Författarna går igenom modern forskning kring förtätningens ekonomiska drivkrafter och tydliggör vad forskningen säger; dels om generella konsekvenser av förtätning, dels om hur förtätningens effekter sprids i geografin. Vad förklarar de senaste årtiondenas starka urbanisering? Rapporten avslutas med en diskussion om framtida utmaningar för såväl forskning som fysisk planering.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Entreprenörskapets envisa geografi
- 2019
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In: Entreprenörskap för en levande landsbygd. - Växjö : Familjen Kamprads stiftelse. - 9789151919775 ; , s. 31-43
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Global sourcing and technical efficiency–a firm-level study on the ICT industry in Sweden
- 2017
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In: Journal of Business Economics and Management. - : Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. - 1611-1699 .- 2029-4433. ; 18:5, s. 877-896
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We analyse the relationship between international sourcing, measured as imports of intermediate inputs, and the technical efficiency of firms in the information and communications technologies (ICT) manufacturing industry in Sweden. Using stochastic frontier analysis, we provide evidence that global sourcing improves firms’ capabilities to combine and re-combine inputs in productive ways, thereby increasing technical efficiency. We find a robust relationship between technical efficiency and international outsourcing. First, we find that firms that are deeply integrated into global sourcing networks are closer to their own production frontier. Second, firms that are engaged in international sourcing are also closer to the industry efficiency frontier. These findings are consistent with the argument that international sourcing stimulates firms’ capabilities by enabling them to identify and adopt higher quality inputs or more efficient production and management practices. These findings also suggest that the variety and extent of firms’ global sourcing networks constitute an important source of differences in efficiency levels among firms the ICT manufacturing industry.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Hernando de Soto : recipient of the 2017 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
- 2017
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In: Small Business Economics. - : Springer New York LLC. - 0921-898X .- 1573-0913. ; 49:4, s. 721-728
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The 2017 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research is given to Hernando de Soto, president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) in Lima, Peru. Over the last 30 years, Hernando de Soto has been a world-leading intellectual engaged in academic and public policy discussions on global development. He has made substantial contributions to our understanding of the informal economy and of the importance of property rights to unleash entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty and underdevelopment. His contributions have led to a new and better understanding of the role played by institutions in supporting entrepreneurship, especially in the Third World. Hernando de Soto’s work has also had major influences on policy worldwide, both in terms of conceptual understanding and practical policy measures. © 2017 The Author(s)
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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How Local are Spatial Density Externalities? Neighbourhood Effects in Agglomeration Economies
- 2016
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In: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 50:6, s. 1082-1095
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Andersson M., Klaesson J. and Larsson J. P. How local are spatial density externalities? Neighbourhood effects in agglomeration economies, Regional Studies. The geographic scale at which density externalities operate is analysed in this paper. Using geocoded high-resolution data, the analysis is focused on exogenously determined within-city squares (‘neighbourhoods’) of 1 km2. The analysis confirms a city-wide employment density–wage elasticity and an economically significant density–wage elasticity at the neighbourhood level that attenuate sharply with distance. Panel estimates over 20 years suggest a neighbourhood density–wage elasticity of about 3%, while the city-wide elasticity is about 1%. It is argued that the neighbourhood level is more prone to capture learning, e.g. through knowledge and information spillovers. This interpretation is supported by (1) significantly larger neighbourhood elasticities for university educated workers and (2) sharper attenuation with distance of the effect for such workers.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Introduction
- 2017
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In: Geographies of Growth. - : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. - 9781785360602 - 9781785360596 ; , s. 1-27
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- Andersson, Martin, 1977-, et al.
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Local entrepreneurship clusters in cities
- 2016
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In: Journal of Economic Geography. - : Oxford University Press. - 1468-2702 .- 1468-2710. ; 16:1, s. 39-66
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We show that entrepreneurs are co-located within cities. One plausible source of such spatial clustering is local social interactions, where individuals' decisions to become entrepreneurs are influenced by entrepreneurial neighbors. Using geo-coded matched employer-employee data for Sweden, we find that sharing residential neighborhood with established entrepreneurs has a statistically significant and robust influence on the probability that an individual leaves employment for entrepreneurship. An otherwise average neighborhood with a 5% point higher entrepreneurial intensity, all else equal, produces between six and seven additional entrepreneurs per square kilometer, each year. Our estimates suggest a local feedback-effect in which the presence of established entrepreneurs in a neighborhood influences the emergence of new local entrepreneurs. Our analysis supports the conjecture that social interaction effects constitute a mechanism by which local entrepreneurship clusters in cities develop and persist over time.
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