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Measuring knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services : an empirical assessment of alternative approaches

Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999

knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out …In this paper it is tested which of the various alternative approaches for constructing knowledge spillover pools … that measures of the uncentered correlation of firm characteristics seem to fit actual knowledge spillovers best. Direct …

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The firms behind the regions : analysis of regional innovation performance in Portugal by external logistic biplots

Noronha, Teresa de; Galinde, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013

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Modelling R&D and innovation support systems : analysis of regional cluster structures in innovation in Portugal

Noronha, Teresa de; Galindo, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013

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The entrepreneur's mode of entry : business takeover or new venture start?

Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2006

We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...

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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - 2007 - This version: November 2007

This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one...

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - 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,...

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Entrepreneurship selection and performance

Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations in impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise...

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Schooling, capital constraints and entrepreneurial performance

Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2005

We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...

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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups

Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002

. Specific attention is paid to the unobserved talent bias. Moreover, the effect of the emergence of so called knowledge …

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Entrepreneurship and role models

Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011

. Knowledge of the presence of entrepreneurial role models, their specific functions and characteristics is therefore limited. Our …

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