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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007665
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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
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Cluster Innovation Along the Industry Lifecycle
Eisingerich, Andreas; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
interorganizational network strength, openness, university collaboration, and intrapreneurship on radical innovation across adolescent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090533
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Incumbent Innovation and Entry by Spinoff
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
incumbents are not willing or able to exploit. Accordingly, incumbent innovation determines exploitable knowledge externalities … spawned from incumbents are not necessarily a threat; they can complement incumbents' production by commercializing knowledge … for spinoffs while, at the same time, spinoffs are expected to influence incumbent innovation. To overcome this problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090547
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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
-64 years old. A more detailed analysis of the working-age distribution suggests that startups in knowledge-based (high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090571