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Tåg, Joacim; Åstebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - In: European economic review : EER 89 (2016), pp. 129-147

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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?

Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...

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Using Self-employment as Proxy for Entrepreneurship: Some Empirical Caveats

Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self …

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Firm Growth, Institutions and Structural Transformation

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms – be they small, young or rapidly growing – has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated...

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Gazelles as Job Creators – A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms – so-called Gazelles – that...

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Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-growth Firms

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...

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Experience and Entrepreneurship

Rider, Christopher I.; Thompson, Peter; Kacperczyk, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

entrepreneurship among movers. The first dataset consists of 1,248, U.S. lawyers who were forced to seek alternative employment after …

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University Entrepreneurship and Professor Privilege

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Thursby, Marie - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This paper analyzes how institutional differences affect university entrepreneurship. We focus on ownership of faculty … commercialization; entrepreneurship or licenses to established firms, as well as on probabilities of successful commercialization. We … find that the US system is less conducive to entrepreneurship than the Swedish system if established firms have some …

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Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects - But Still Not Risky Enough

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

. We also show that commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. Using Swedish patent citation data, we find empirical support for predictions of the model. …

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Employee Compensation in Entrepreneurial Companies

Bengtsson, Ola; Hand, John R. M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

Despite the central role played by human capital in entrepreneurship, little is known about how employees in …

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