We study the regional location of multinationals in Ireland since the 1970s by focusing on the role played by agglomeration economies and public incentives intent on dispersing industrial activity to the more disadvantaged areas of Ireland. We find that regional policy has only been effective in attracting low-tech firms to the disadvantaged areas during the time when there was a much more lais...

Reorganizing its assistance services, Georgia Tech aims to boost competitiveness and economic growth by fostering innovation throughout the state. Research at Georgia Tech is profi ling the retirement and elder-care sectors to help facilitate public and private investment in those rapidly growing economic areas. IEDC President Jeffrey Finkle relates how his organization supports the economic de...

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1021, USA National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 16253 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA Department of Ch...

the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of r&d on profitability of high -tech industries with new evidence from the iranian industries carrying four- digit codes. the structure- conduct- performance (scp) paradigm, which is relatively well known in industrial economics and in organization management, provides the theoretical construct that guides our empirical model formu...

Marked differences exist in the industrial and regional policy regimes adopted in Israel and Ireland. This paper reviews these differences and investigates their influence on the development of the high-tech sector in each area. Using survey data from Irish and Israeli firms we examine the influence of public policy on the characteristics, location and innovation capability of high-tech firms. ...