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Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal - Results from an External Logistic Biplot Method

Galindo, Purificacion Vicente; de Noronha Vaz, Teresa; … - 2011

to analyse the innovation gradient of each region in Portugal. Our paper presents and systematically investigates these …Portuguese strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy have, over the past two decades, produced various … firms' contribution to national and regional growth, their obstacles and impacts. For the purpose of this paper, innovation …

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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2011

This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balancedskill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not havingtaken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated the impactsboth of risk aversion and balanced skills on...

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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?

Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 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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Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes

Scholte, Robert; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012

This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure to the severe Dutch Hunger Winter famine (1944/45) on labor market outcomes and hospitalization. This famine is clearly demarcated in time and space. It was not anticipated. Nutritional conditions were stable before and after the...

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Institutional Capacity to Dynamically Innovate: An Application to the Portuguese Case

Galindo, Purificacion Vicente; de Noronha Vaz, Teresa; … - 2011

The present paper addresses the dynamics of innovation, by extending the analysis beyond a static-economic perspective … relational capacities of institutions when they are innovative. Thereby, major characteristics in the networks of innovation are … identified. This investigation uses an extended set of private institutions and public organizations located in Portugal …

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Micro-Evidence on the Determinants of Innovation in The Netherlands: The Relative Importance of Absorptive Capacity and Agglomeration Externalities

Smit, Martijn J.; Abreu, Maria A.; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2010

externalities in explaining variation in innovation rates across firms. More specifically, we combine micro-data and census data to … estimate the probability that a firm will introduce a goods, service or process innovation. We consider internal firm … agglomeration variables are only significant for a few specific sectors, and even then only for some types of innovation. …

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