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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011
In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs’ human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318570
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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs' human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323395
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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs' human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323429
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University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growths
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071765
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University spinoffs and the 'performance premium'
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957596
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Exploring the relationship between scientist human capital and firm performance: The case of biomedical academic entrepreneurs in the SBIR program
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
knowledge through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program. Our conceptual framework assumes the nature of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097877
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Effet de l'utilisation des technologies de pointe sur le rendement des entreprises du secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments
Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R.; Smith, David - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
Dans ce document, on etudie l'evolution de la structure industrielle du secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments et le lien entre cette evolution et le changement technologique. On utilise egalement les donnees d'une enquete speciale menee en 1998 sur l'utilisation de la technologie de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523557
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Capacites d'innovation : le capital de savoir, gage de survie et de croissance des entreprises
Baldwin, John R.; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
Le present document decrit les constatations tirees d'un programme de recherche visant a souligner l'importance des competences qui decoulent des investissements dans l'actif incorporel pour le processus de croissance des entreprises. Le programme comportait deux parties. Premierement, des bases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129482
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Differences in Strategies and Performances of Different Types of Innovators
Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
-innovators-based on their responses to 22 innovation-related questions on the survey. These groups correspond to different stages in the … capital. In later stages of the innovation life cycle-comprehensive and process innovators place great emphasis on higher debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129554
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Differences dans les strategies et le rendement de divers types d'innovateurs
Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
humaines et du financement, de meme que le succes de chaque type d'innovateur. Une taxonomie des types d'innovation est …'enquete liees a l'innovation. Ces groupes correspondent a differents stades du cycle de vie des produits. Au premier stade, les … selon les types d'innovation. Les innovateurs complets ont tendance a acquerir des competences superieures a celles des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170062