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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies
Plummer, Lawrence A.; Acs, Zoltan J. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247891
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The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Nonmarket Source of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Acs, Zoltan J.; Audretsch, David; Phillips, Ronnie J.; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2007
creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of the … way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either economists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765248
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship
Acs, Zoltan J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the decision-making context of the individual. The … entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … suggests that opportunities are endogenous. This paper bridges the gap between the entrepreneurship and economic literature on …
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