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  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202645" />
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  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202645</id>
  <updated>2026-04-29T06:15:52Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-29T06:15:52Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Innovative events</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260635" />
    <author>
      <name>Nathan, Max</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Rosso, Anna</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260635</id>
    <updated>2023-12-20T02:54:35Z</updated>
    <published>2019-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Innovative events
Authors: Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna
Abstract: We take a fresh look at firms' innovation-productivity linkages, using novel data capturing new aspects of innovative activity. We combine UK administrative microdata, media and website content to develop experimental metrics - new product/service launches - for a large panel of SMEs. Extensive validation and descriptive exercises show that launches complement patents, trademarks and innovation surveys. We also establish connections between launches and previous innovative activity. We then link IP, launches and productivity, controlling for media exposure and firm heterogeneity. Launch activity is associated with higher SME productivity, especially in the service sector. High-quality launches and medium-size firms help drive this result.</summary>
    <dc:date>2019-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Creative differences? Measuring creative economy employment in the US and UK using microdata</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202677" />
    <author>
      <name>Kemeny, Tom</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Nathan, Max</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>O'Brien, Dave</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202677</id>
    <updated>2023-12-10T02:20:00Z</updated>
    <published>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Creative differences? Measuring creative economy employment in the US and UK using microdata
Authors: Kemeny, Tom; Nathan, Max; O'Brien, Dave
Abstract: Using high-quality administrative microdata spanning 2011-2013, this paper develops new routines to compare creative economies using the creative trident framework, and applies them to the UK and US national and regional contexts. We find the UK creative economy is larger in workforce shares, and grows faster over the study period; the US' is absolutely larger, and is distributed more evenly across industries. Regional results are shaped by deeper differences in national urban systems. The paper highlights possibilities for widely varying national configurations of creative economies, considers potential mechanisms driving differentiation, and reflects on the usefulness of the creative trident approach.</summary>
    <dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Local government financing during the electoral business cycle: Analysing the role of intergovernmental political alignment on municipality budgets in Greece</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202678" />
    <author>
      <name>Kitsos, Anastasios</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Proestakis, Antonios</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202678</id>
    <updated>2023-11-28T02:12:17Z</updated>
    <published>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Local government financing during the electoral business cycle: Analysing the role of intergovernmental political alignment on municipality budgets in Greece
Authors: Kitsos, Anastasios; Proestakis, Antonios
Abstract: This paper examines the role of political alignment and the electoral business cycle on municipality revenues in Greece for the period 2003-2010. A panel dataset combining local and national elections with local budgets is used to run a fixed-effects econometric model. The findings suggest that municipalities which are politically aligned to the national government receive more funds in the runup to elections. This is evidence of electoral considerations in the allocation of resources and calls for policy changes promoting greater fiscal decentralisation to reduce pork-barrelling and rent-seeking, as well as the dependency between the local and national government levels.</summary>
    <dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Using Crunchbase to explore innovative ecosystems in the US and UK</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202674" />
    <author>
      <name>Kemeny, Tom</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Nathan, Max</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Almeer, Bader</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202674</id>
    <updated>2023-11-17T02:14:08Z</updated>
    <published>2017-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Using Crunchbase to explore innovative ecosystems in the US and UK
Authors: Kemeny, Tom; Nathan, Max; Almeer, Bader
Abstract: Innovative, high-technology activities are seen as motors of development, with knock-on effects throughout their local economies. Such activities tend to organise networks that span beyond atomized firms, creating 'ecosystems' of mutual dependence as well as competition. However, such ecosystems remain poorly understood, which in turn constrains the effectiveness of any policy response. This first-steps paper uses the unique, user-generated Crunchbase dataset to fill some of these gaps. With rich information on founders, workers, products and early stage investment activity, Crunchbase has great potential for ecosystem understanding. Like many 'big data' resources, however, Crunchbase requires cleaning and validation to make it suitable for robust analysis. We develop a novel approach to gapfill location data in Crunchbase, exploiting DNS/IP address information, and run a series of tests on a raw sample of 225,000 company-level observations covering the US, UK and Canada. We provide initial descriptive results, and set out steps for further research.</summary>
    <dc:date>2017-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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