Bettina Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3939318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bettina Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bettina |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7435-7374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Public R&d Policies and Private R&d Investment
The importance of R&D investment in explaining economic growth is well documented in the literature. Policies by modern governments increasingly recognise the benefits of supporting R&D investment. Government funding has, however, become an increasingly scarce resource in times of financial crisis and economic austerity. Hence, it is important that available funds are used and targeted effectively. This paper offers the first systematic review an…
Regional Growth and SMEs in Brazil
Cravo T. A., Becker B. and Gourlay A. Regional growth and SMEs in Brazil: a spatial panel approach, Regional Studies. This paper examines economic growth for a panel of 508 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980–2004, using spatial econometrics and paying particular attention to the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The findings indicate the presence of spatial dependence in the process of economic growth and the exist…
SMEs and regional economic growth in Brazil
Layered Meanings
Recent sociological inquiry into the family has focused on the decline of the male breadwinner family and the increasing diversity of family forms. Yet the term 'family' remains vague and assumes different meanings. This paper discusses the meanings of the term 'family' as it is used by interviewees in qualitative, in-depth interviews on family and kinship networks. The interviews were conducted as part of ethnographic fieldwork in a study of fam…
Narratives of pain in later life and conventions of storytelling
Layered Meanings
Recent sociological inquiry into the family has focused on the decline of the male breadwinner family and the increasing diversity of family forms. Yet the term 'family' remains vague and assumes different meanings. This paper discusses the meanings of the term 'family' as it is used by interviewees in qualitative, in-depth interviews on family and kinship networks. The interviews were conducted as part of ethnographic fieldwork in a study of fam…
Narratives of pain in later life and conventions of storytelling
Regional Growth and SMEs in Brazil
Cravo T. A., Becker B. and Gourlay A. Regional growth and SMEs in Brazil: a spatial panel approach, Regional Studies. This paper examines economic growth for a panel of 508 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980–2004, using spatial econometrics and paying particular attention to the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The findings indicate the presence of spatial dependence in the process of economic growth and the exist…
Narratives of pain in later life and conventions of storytelling
Layered Meanings
Recent sociological inquiry into the family has focused on the decline of the male breadwinner family and the increasing diversity of family forms. Yet the term 'family' remains vague and assumes different meanings. This paper discusses the meanings of the term 'family' as it is used by interviewees in qualitative, in-depth interviews on family and kinship networks. The interviews were conducted as part of ethnographic fieldwork in a study of fam…
SMEs and regional economic growth in Brazil
Regional Growth and SMEs in Brazil
Cravo T. A., Becker B. and Gourlay A. Regional growth and SMEs in Brazil: a spatial panel approach, Regional Studies. This paper examines economic growth for a panel of 508 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980–2004, using spatial econometrics and paying particular attention to the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The findings indicate the presence of spatial dependence in the process of economic growth and the exist…
Public R&d Policies and Private R&d Investment
The importance of R&D investment in explaining economic growth is well documented in the literature. Policies by modern governments increasingly recognise the benefits of supporting R&D investment. Government funding has, however, become an increasingly scarce resource in times of financial crisis and economic austerity. Hence, it is important that available funds are used and targeted effectively. This paper offers the first systematic review an…
Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Human capital (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Panel data (2 works)