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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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Balanced Skills and the City: An Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Skill Balance, Thickness and Innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884449
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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076902
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Spinoffs and Entrepreneurial Talent
Shrivastava, Mili - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Spinoffs firms are an important source of industry dynamics and innovation. While an emerging body of literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008483760
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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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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134471
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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062485
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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