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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Coding for intangible competitive advantage - mapping the distribution and characteristics of software-developing firms in the Swedish economy
- 2023
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Ingår i: Industry and Innovation. - : Routledge. - 1366-2716 .- 1469-8390. ; 30:1, s. 17-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Software is at the core of digitalisation and is often claimed to play a central role in innovation and in shaping competition across industries and firms. There are yet few studies of the extent and nature of software development across firms. We employ a unique firm-level survey comprising 3,929 firms across Sweden to analyse the distribution and characteristics of firms that invest in software development and the orientation of their investments. The results confirm that software development activities are present in most industries, but heterogeneously distributed across firms. Internal software development is associated with innovation-oriented large firms in high-tech and knowledge-intensive industries, and is often affiliated with MNEs. The results suggest that software development is comparable to R&D investments and constitutes an example of digital innovation. This strengthens the value of studying software development activities to understand how firms invest in and build competitive advantage in the digitalised economy. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Editorial Annals of Regional Science
- 2020
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Ingår i: The annals of regional science. - : Springer. - 0570-1864 .- 1432-0592. ; 64:1, s. 1-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There is no tradition in Annals of Regional Science that the editors write editorials. However, as of 2020, the editors will each year write an editorial in which we report as well as reflect on recent developments of the journal. We hope that this will be of interest for our readers. This editorial is the first one and marks the start of the strategy to write a yearly editorial.We, i.e., Martin Andersson (Sweden), Hong Sok Kim (South Korea) and Janet Kohlhase (USA), are by some standards a rather new constellation of editors-in-chief (EICs). Janet Kohlhase became an editor in 2011, replacing professor Roger Stough.1 Martin Andersson joined as editor in 2014 and replaced professor Börje Johansson. Hong Sok (Brian) Kim became an editor in 2019 by replacing profes-sor Euijune Kim. The former EICs continue to be part of the journal in the capacity as members of the advisory board of former editors. We are all delighted to serve as EICs and are committed to maintain as well as to further develop the journal’s tradition of publishing high-quality and influential research that pushes the field of regional science forward.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Editorial: developments at the Annals of regional science 2020–2021
- 2022
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Ingår i: Annals of Regional Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0570-1864 .- 1432-0592. ; 68:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The editors-in-chief of the Annals of Regional Science offer an overview and analysis of recent developments at the journal from January 2020 through December 2021, a time period hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Annal’s Impact Factor increased substantially to 2.646 in 2020. Moreover, submissions increased from pre-COVID times. A new development is the shifting of source regions for articles accepted for publication. For the first time, China tied with the USA to lead the distribution of acceptances by country. Special Issues continue to be important components of the journal.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Ethnic enclaves and self-employment among Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden : ethnic capital or enclave size?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 55:4, s. 590-604
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedish cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to transcend from having no employment to self-employment. We demonstrate a robust tendency for immigrants to leave non-employment for self-employment if many co-ethnic peers in the enclave are business owners, while we observe weak effects emanating from business owners in other groups. Net of these effects, overall enclave size, measured by the local concentration of co-ethnic peers, has a negative influence on the propensity for a non-employed immigrant to become self-employed. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Geography and Entrepreneurship
- 2020
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Ingår i: Handbook of Regional Science. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer. - 9783642362033
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We take selective stock of the literature on the geography of entrepreneurship. This literature has been focused on rates of new firm formation, whereas studies of the geography of “high-impact” entrepreneurship are still scant. Entrepreneurship may be described as a “regional event” by the fact that entrepreneurs derive necessary resources from local markets, but also from regional spillovers, social networks, and engrained factors of the local industrial geography. We point to a few fields of analysis where causal or more detailed analyses are warranted.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Historical local industry structure, voting patterns and the long-run entrepreneurial character of regions : Swedish examples
- 2022
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Ingår i: The annals of regional science. - : Springer. - 0570-1864 .- 1432-0592. ; 69:3, s. 611-631
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Spatial variations in rates of new firm formation are large and spatially persistent over long periods of time. A common explanation of this empirical regularity is so-called local entrepreneurship cultures, which refer to spatially embedded social characteristics that change in slow processes. This paper discusses perspectives on the development of such cultures and focuses on the role of historical industry structures in forming the long-run entrepreneurial character of regions. To illustrate the empirical relevance of arguments and findings in the literature, we use historical data on voting patterns in municipalities in Sweden, as well as indications of their early industrial concentrations, and assess their correlations with present-day entrepreneurial activity. We show that places with a high share of left-wing votes in the period 1917-1948 and early historical presence of heavy industry have lower rates of new firm formation, less positive public attitudes toward entrepreneurship as well as larger average establishment sizes in the twenty-first century. The empirical patterns are consistent with the argument that regions' historical industry structure is one factor that influences the development of local entrepreneurship cultures.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Leaving the multinational : The likelihood and nature of employee mobility from MNEs
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of International Business Studies. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 0047-2506 .- 1478-6990.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mobility of workers from multinational enterprises (MNEs) to other local firms is increasingly recognized as an important externality mechanism. However, MNEs have strong incentives to curb this mobility to prevent leakage of firm-specific assets. This research note investigates the likelihood and nature of such mobility patterns. Using longitudinal, matched employer–employee data for Sweden with detailed information on individuals, establishments, and firms, we find that workers employed in MNEs are more likely to leave their employers compared to similar workers employed in non-MNEs with similar characteristics. This effect is particularly strong for high-wage workers and managers. While we find that workers who leave MNEs are more likely to move to other MNEs, our results identify significant mobility toward start-ups, thus leading to important industrial dynamics in the host country. We discuss the implications of these results for research on the externalities from MNEs, and international business theory. © 2022, Academy of International Business.
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