entrepreneurship and economic growth literatures by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Knowledge created … endogenously results in knowledge spillovers that give rise to opportunities to be identified and exploited by entrepreneurs. …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … of immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are …

-ups from knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) firms with persistent R&D investments have a significantly increased … start in the same firm, indicating the importance of inherited related knowledge. The findings suggest that R&D intensive …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …