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De norrländska stålsatsningarna – frälsare eller gökunge?
The Sponge-Iron Battle: The Challenges for Fossil-Free Steel Initiatives in Norrland and the Way Forward
The EU and many countries have committed to be climate-neutral by 2050. Combined with the Paris Agreement, this means there is strong presure to transition to climate-neutral technoligies. This pressu…
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Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy
Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy
The notion that society should be organized around large so-called missions has gained momentum in public debate, and the reemergence of active industrial policy across the world has been inspired by…
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Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy
Learning from Overrated Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies: Seven Takeaways
This chapter integrates findings from several different case studies on mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs) and makes use of the existing literature to briefly describe three other missions:…
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Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy
Bottom-Up Policies Trump Top-Down Missions
Mission-oriented innovation policies are becoming increasingly popular among policymakers and scholars. We maintain that these policies are based on an overly mechanistic view of innovation and econom…
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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 40B
William J. Baumol: Innovative Contributor to Entrepreneurship Economics
William J. Baumol was one of the most prolific economists of his generation, analyzing a broad range of central economic issues addressing real problems of the world. In this essay, we present and cri…
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Routes to a Resilient European Union
Improved Framework Conditions for a More Entrepreneurial, Innovative and Resilient EU
In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the European Union must regain lost ground and create more favorable conditions for inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The best way to achieve this goal is…
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Questioning the Entrepreneurial State. International Studies in Entrepreneurship, vol 53
Collaborative Innovation Blocs and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: An Ecosystem Perspective
Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solving pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of…
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The European Union and the Return of the Nation State
The Refugee Crisis and the Reinvigoration of the Nation–State: Does the European Union Have a Common Asylum Policy?
This chapter discusses the European Union’s refugee policy. It shows that the common treaties leave considerable discretion to the individual member countries, which allows them to regulate refugee mi…
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Prosperity through Trade and Structural Reform – Festschrift in Honour of Per Magnus Wijkman
A Reform Strategy for a More Innovative and Entrepreneurial Europe
The European Union suffers from an innovation deficit, which must be remedied if the EU is to improve the quality of life of its citizens and remain competitive in the global marketplace. In order to…
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Essays in Public Sector Entrepreneurship
An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial Dynamics and Growth
Innovation is increasingly considered the key to elevating prosperity and securing sustainable long-term growth. The last few decades have also witnessed a refi nement of previous growth models to inc…
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Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness
Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship
We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and…
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The EU’s Role in Fighting Global Imbalances
Superentrepreneurship and Global Imbalances: Closing Europe’s Gap to Other Industrialized Regions
Entrepreneurs perform a central function in today’s decentralized market economies by innovating and exploring new ways to organize factors of production. They are consequently widely believed to play…
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Swedish Taxation: Developments since 1862
Swedish Wealth Taxation (1911–2007)
The authors study the evolution of Swedish wealth taxation, since its introduction in 1911 until it was abolished in 2007. The rules concerning the valuation of assets, deductions/exemptions, and tax…
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Swedish Taxation: Developments since 1862
Swedish Inheritance and Gift Taxation (1885–2004)
This chapter studies the evolution of Swedish inheritance taxation from its inception in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. The basic principles of the tax, including underlying ideas and ambitions, tax…
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Swedish Taxation: Developments since 1862
Taxation in Sweden Since 1862: An Introduction and Overview
This chapter gives an introduction to the development of taxation in Sweden from 1862 to 2013, which is examined right through the volume. The contributions in this volume cover six key aspects of the…
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What Can We Learn from Economic Reforms in Greece and Sweden?
Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden
The chapter is about product market reforms and incentives to innovate in Sweden. The authors suggest a number of reforms to enhance economic developments in Sweden, including increased government sup…
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Institutional Entrepreneurship. The International Library of Entrepreneurship 24
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Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: National and Regional Perspectives
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Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction
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Reforming the Welfare State: Recovery and Beyond in Sweden
Economic Performance and Market Work Activity in Sweden after the Crisis of the Early 1990s
Since emerging from a severe contraction in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy has accumulated a strong record of output growth, outpacing the average growth rate in the Organization for Economic Co…
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Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction
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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship. Vol. I and II.
The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
In this introduction to a collection dealing with the political economy of entrepreneurship, we argue, based on a suggested unifying framework, that political economy is a fruitful approach to entrepr…
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The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policy
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Research in Economic History, Volume 24
Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth
This study consists of an examination of productivity growth following three major technological breakthroughs: the steam power revolution, electrification and the ICT revolution. The distinction betwe…
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The Internationalisation of Asset Ownership in Europe
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What We Can Learn from Silicon Valley: American and Swedish Experiences. Proceedings from a Conference Organized by the Embassy of the United States of America et al
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The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model
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Government and Growth
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Labor Market Policy and Job Creation. Swedish and U.S. Experiences
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Economic Growth in Europe since 1945
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