• The impact of school characteristics on return migration 

    Loehner, Robin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Brain drain, the out-migration of the college educated especially from rural areas, poses a serious threat to the economic viability of many rural ...
  • Three essays on location aspects in biotechnology entrepreneurship 

    Kolympiris, Christos, 1980- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    Mainly due to the potential of knowledge spillovers facilitated by spatial proximity biotechnology firms may benefit from the spatial collocation of similar firms so that they increase their venture capital funds. Essay 1 ...