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The Process of Creative Construction:Knowledge Spillovers,Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David; Sarkar, MB - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
underlyingmechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship whereby knowledgeinvestments by existing organizations, when coupled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864509
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The Knowledge Filter, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
Carlsson, Bo; Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneur-ship, and economic growth in the United … general knowledge and economically useful knowledge. Also missing is a mechanism (such as entrepreneurship) converting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864531
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The Localization of Entrepreneurship Capital - Evidence from Germany -
Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
different factor, entrepreneurship capital, has emerged as a dri-ving force of economic growth. In this paper, we define a … region’s capacity to create new firms start-ups as the region’s entrepreneurship capital. We then investigate the local … knowledge-based entrepreneurship capital is driven by local levels of knowledge creation and the acceptance of new ideas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864584
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Born Loca l: Two Avenues to Internationalization
Acs, Zoltán J.; Terjesen, Siri - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
Are firms born Global? Because knowledge spillovers that lead to new venture creation are geographically constrained we believe that firms are born local. It follows that the decision to create sustainable new ventures is independent from the decision to interna-tionalize, even if that is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864585
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Could The Irish Miracle Be Repeated in Hungary?
Acs, Zoltán J.; O’Gorman, Colm; Szerb, Laszlo; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role ineconomic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDIimpacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor we find significant differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864986
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Growth and Entrepreneurship: An Empirial Assessment
Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
knowledge from the source creating it to the firm actually commercializing the new ideas. In this paper, entrepreneurship is … identified as one such mechanism facilitating the spillover of knowledge. Using a panel of entrepreneurship data for 18 countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864987
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The Impact of Geographic Differences inHuman Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Acs, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
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