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• The study analyzed the synergistic effect of digital infrastructure and human capital on innovation.
• System generalized method of moments is employed on a sample of 28 African countries over the 2011–2019 period.
• Digital ...

While both theory and empirical evidence have established the critical role of digital infrastructure in promoting innovation, there needs to be more understanding of factors mediating this nexus, especially from the African context, which is ...

The literature on the impact of research output (RO) on economic growth (EG) has been rapidly expanding. However, the single growth processes of technological laggard countries and the mediating roles of human capital (HC) and structural change ...

The growth potential of a career reflects its future prospects and is an important consideration for individuals and organizations when career planning. There is still a lack of quantitative assessment tools for growth potential of careers. In ...

The digital economy has changed the world significantly, and it has a considerably progress now. Many economists mention that Digital Economy will have a significant effect to the future economy. This article analyzes the role of Digital Economy ...

This study developed an agent-based model of firms’ investment dynamics in education and training based on the cellular automata model. It turned the issue of the dynamics of education and training to an issue of spaces and conducted a simulation ...

This paper investigates the operation of the academic market in Italy, mapping current scholars’ location choices. I build a new dataset of current professors, associating each scholar with a composite indicator of their quality. The analysis ...

This study explores how blended classroom teaching (the integration of online courses with face-to-face instructions) equalizes educational outcomes across regions. We point out that besides the medium function, ICT can also transmit educational ...

Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing manufacturing processes and has a powerful impact on globalization by changing the workforce and increasing access to new skills and knowledge. World Economic Forum estimates that, by 2025, 50% of all employees will ...

In Economic Development, human capital was previously seen as production factors but gradually evolved into endogenous growth theories. Most of the previous studies have examined the relationships between economic development and human capital via ...

This study empirically examines the impact of intellectual capital on the frontiers of e-business entrepreneurial orientation and how intellectual capital and e-business entrepreneurial orientation contribute to competitive agility. A ...

• We develop a two-stage network Nerlovian profit inefficiency model.
• We model ...

The paper introduces a two-stage network Nerlovian profit inefficiency estimator, modelling bank’ “black box” production processes. The unique features of the model include the modelling of a risk factor measured by period non-...

Intellectual factors are key to ensuring the economic growth of countries and their high competitiveness. The article structures intellectual resources by types, assesses the impact of different types and individual forms of intellectual resources ...

Government microblogs have been used to provide information and increase communication with citizens. Despite increased attention on the development of government microblogs during the last several years, there is a lack of empirical evidence ...

This work aims to show whether working in a good organisational atmosphere (job satisfaction) in the academic sector influences the propensity to migrate. This theory was tested using two surveys administered to Italian researchers abroad (IRA) ...

• Discusses collaboration within agri-food supply chains.
• Explains how adverse ...

This paper examines the role of adverse economic conditions and human capital on different types of collaboration within agri-food supply chains. Data was collected from the Greek agricultural sector, covering periods of economic ...

Whether research output significantly impacts on economic growth, and which research areas/fields of science matter the most to improve the economic performance of countries, stand as fundamental endeavors of scientific inquiry. Although the ...

Qualified human capital produces intellectual capital in institutions of higher education in the form of scientific articles and technological products, from the research processes. The objective of this study is to verify how the association ...

We combine macro and microeconomic perspectives in an agent-based endogenous growth model that uses individual satisfaction as a driver of human capital accumulation. The micro perspective is based on individual satisfaction: an utility function ...

The main aim of this study is to compare Russian regions according to their ability to create new technologies efficiently and to identify factors that determine these differences over a long period of time. We apply data envelopment analysis (DEA) to ...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the intellectual capital in the industrial export MSMEs of the Atlántico Department. A research was conducted through a quantitative approach with a field, non-experimental design, and a descriptive study. ...