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This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms - be they small, young or rapidly growing - has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated to...
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Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solve … pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of mission-oriented innovation policies she … promotes usually rely on an overly mechanical view of innovation and economic growth. We employ an ecosystem perspective to …
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innovation bloc into their study of spontaneous market order. We demonstrate how successful entrepreneurship depends on an … innovation bloc of this kind, a system of innovation that evolves and within which activity takes place through time. The … innovation bloc consists of five pools of economic skills from which people are drawn or recruited to form part of a …
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Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or employment groups. The institutional framework set by public policy affects the prevalence and performance...
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The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …
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-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …
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); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …
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); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …
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