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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...

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Demand vs. Supply Driven Innovations: US and Swedish Experiences in Academic Entrepreneurship

Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

Measured by per-capita publication measures, Sweden is an academic powerhouse. Hence, its inability to commercialize on these accomplishments is a puzzle. This paper attributes this failure to the top-down nature of Swedish policies aimed at commercializing these innovations as well as an...

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Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Policies towards the Commercialization of University Intellectual Property

Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of university-generated knowledge? We …

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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

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Designing Efficient Institutions for Science-Based Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the US and Sweden

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

The recent ‘scientification’ of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely...

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Procuring Innovation

Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …

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Technology in Growth

Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …

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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events

Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extreme events – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure in starting a business...

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Human Capital, R&D and Economic Growth

Sjögren, Anna - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

People go to school and firms do R&D. These activities result in human capital accumulation and new ideas and technologies which make economies grow. We try to capture the interaction between human capital and R&D by allowing for endogenous human capital accumulation in an economy where the...

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Links between Technology Creation, Internationalization, and Human Resource Management

Andersson, Thomas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

Understanding knowledge creation in small economies requires consideration to the restructuring across borders … location of R&D at home and abroad and the characteristics of knowledge transfers in different directions. It is further …

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