We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneur-ship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of im-migrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …

We focus on both individual and local uncertainty to explain the innovation potential of entrepreneurs in the NUTS1 UK … choices are truncated is taken as a determinant of an entrepreneur's innovation decision. GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor … determinant of individual entrepreneurial choice. The regional effect appears to amount to about 4% of the innovation differences …

: innovations, knowledge transfer, industrial dynamics, structural change, international competitiveness, evolutionary game theory …-48 -- Joel Mokyr (1998), 'Induced Technical Innovation and Medical History: An Evolutionary Approach', Journal of Evolutionary … Verspagen (2002), 'Technology-Gaps, Innovation-Diffusion and Transformation: An Evolutionary Interpretation', Research Policy …

innovation where access to short term loans for working capital seems to be key. …