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Human Capital Diversity and Product Innovation: A Micro-Level Analysis
Söllner, Rene - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509664
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
drive innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032006
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Von der Markttheorie zur Empirie längerfristigen Märktewandels
Koch, Lambert T. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
closely connected with changing knowledge and property rights. The internationalization of markets as a consequence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616514
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The Spatial Diffusion of a Knowledge Base-Laser Technology Research in West Germany, 1960-2005
Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from … research later, indicating the accumulation of knowledge generated in previous periods. Our results highlight the role of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511324
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Personalized medicine as innovation : what can Germany learn from the USA
Kichko, Katharina - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012065287
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes people's occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984635
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Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship
Acs, Zoltan J.; Sanders, Mark - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further … innovation. Intellectual property rights protection allows the incumbent firms to capture part of the rents of commercial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090472
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The Geography and Determinants of Entrepreneurship
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial location as a micro-determinant of occupational choice, although there are compelling reasons to posit that spatial location influences economic behavior. Using Bayesian semiparametric methodologies and geoadditive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090489
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment
Acs, Zoltan J.; Brooksbank, David J.; O'Gorman, Colm; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to … examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090523
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Occupational Choice and Social Contacts Across Regions
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the interconnectedness of social contacts, we compare rural and agglomerated areas. A smaller community size in rural areas generates greater network closure. Agents' neighborhoods are more likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090562