/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …

autoregressive nature of innovation. Using a large longitudinal dataset comprising Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 1990 … in the case of the YICs, suggesting that their innovation behaviour is less persistent and more erratic. Moreover, our … results suggest that firm and market characteristics play a distinct role in boosting the innovation activity of firms of …

statistically significant evidence of the expected labor-friendly nature of innovation. More in detail, neither R&D nor investment …

statistically significant evidence of the expected labor-friendly nature of innovation. More in detail, neither R&D nor investment …

statistically significant evidence of the expected labor-friendly nature of innovation. More in detail, neither R&D nor investment …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge …A rich literature links knowledge inputs with innovative outputs. However, most of what is known is restricted to … productivity - hold for knowledge intensive services. Combining the models of Crepon et al. (1998) and of Ackerberg et al. (2015 …

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …

firms having a higher probability of initiating innovation activities and of successfully turning knowledge into innovation … activities—R&D, innovative output, and productivity—hold for knowledge-intensive services. With especially high start-up rates … and the majority of employees in microfirms, knowledge-intensive services (KIS) have a starkly different profile from …

innovation as well as the project's feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes … increase the likelihood of obtaining equity finance. Thus, if signals are credible, innovation positively impacts external … that the relation between finance and innovation depends on the stage of a start-up lifecycle. …