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the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity …. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect … sectors appears to be more responsive to regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms. …
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of university-based knowledge and international entrepreneurship. The analysis comprises a detailed case study of Swedish … philanthropy, promoting knowledge creation. International entrepreneurship has been an important mechanism by which this knowledge … entrepreneurship taking advantage of globalization, especially for smaller countries. …
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Knowledge plays a critical role in economic development, still our understanding of how knowledge is created, diffused and converted into growth, is fragmented and partial. The neoclassical growth models disregarded the entrepreneur and viewed knowledge as an exogenous factor. Contemporary...
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This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the United … States over the last 150 years. According to the “new growth theory,” investments in knowledge and human capital generate … economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the theory does not explain how or why spillovers occur, or why large …
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entrepreneurship and economic growth literatures by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Knowledge created …Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the recognition of opportunities and the decision to … exploit them. While the prevailing view in the entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most …
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entrepreneurship and new firm formation are critical factors in determining economic growth and development. New firm entry into the …
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The extent and importance of spin-offs for industrial dynamics have been analysed in a number of previous studies, yet knowledge is surprisingly scarce about the determinants that trigger such entrepreneurial ventures. In the current analysis we use unique and detailed Swedish data to...
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The phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, sometimes denoted societal entrepreneurship, receives increased attention … on comparisons between social entrepreneurship and other forms of organization, the core elements supposed to accrue to … social entrepreneurship and on identification of environmental factors in which social entrepreneurs operate. In addition …
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function in which the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship … activity. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the … sectors appears to be more responsive to regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616687
This paper examines policy measures that foster the creation of innovations with high inherent potential and that simultaneously provide the right incentives for individuals to create and expand firms that disseminate such innovations in the form of highly valued products. In so doing, we...
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