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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

knowledge spillovers and shift a location to a higher growth path. -- cultural amenities ; regional economic growth ; human …

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Bohemians, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009

An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region’s lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there...

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...

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What determines the efficiency of regional innovation systems?

Fritsch, Michael (contributor); … - 2007

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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...

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Regional knowledge and the emergence of an industry: Laser systems production in West Germany, 1975-2005

Bünstorf, Guido; Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - 2010

We analyze the emergence and spatial evolution of the German laser systems industry. Regional knowledge in the related … downstream systems market. Entry into the materials processing submarket appears to be unrelated to academic knowledge in the … region, but the presence of laser source producers and the regional stock of laser knowledge are still highly predictive in …

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Cultural imprinting : ancient origins of entrepreneurship and innovation in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wahl, Fabian; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021

innovation culture today, evident by higher levels of quantity and quality entrepreneurship and innovation. The data indicate …

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Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

innovation activity. …

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Measuring the Knowledge Base of Regional Innovation Systems in Germany in terms of a Triple Helix Dynamics

Leydesdorff, Loet; Fritsch, Michael - 2005

While a market economy seeks equilibrium, a knowledge-based economy may upset this tendency towards stabilization by … innovation, and institutional control can be captured with a generalized Triple Helix model. We propose to use the mutual … Netherlands are tested: medium-tech manufacturing is the main driver of a knowledge-based configuration in a regional economy …

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Die Geografie der Kreativen Klasse in Deutschland

Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - 2006

Wir analysieren die räumliche Verteilung verschiedener Kategorien kreativer Personen in Deutschland. Allgemein ist der Anteil der Kreativen in den Städten höher als auf dem Land. Ein etwas abweichendes Standortverhalten zeigen die freiberuflichen Künstler, für die auch in einigen...

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