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We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi nd no effect of...
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investigated the link between innovation performance and employment growth. First we discuss the problem from the theoretical point … of view and then we analyze the relationship between innovation performance and the dynamics of employment in the Polish … the impact of innovation on employment growth depends on the macroeconomic situation. …
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Venture capital has become a dominant form of innovation finance, used by many high-tech startups. Europe lags the U …
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-impact Schumpeterian entrepreneurship relative to the U.S. Once we account for Europe's strong performance in technological innovation, an …
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transition economy context but which is of particular importance for the modernization of the transition economies: knowledge … National Innovation System, with particular attention devoted to the question of finance and policy initiatives. We then turn …
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This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be … studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six ECE countries, we suggest that KBE firms in these countries may differ in … some important ways from the conventional picture of new technology based firms. In general, we see the ECE knowledge …
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Following the broad overview of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries … (Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an analysis of two Sectoral Innovation Systems (Malerba, 2002) in the … role of "knowledge customizers" rather than "knowledge creators"; in an international comparison, even with other post …
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The authors use the insights from strategy research and innovation studies to address two principal questions regarding … Innovation Survey for Polish service firms. They propose a set of indicators reflecting four principal fields of technology …
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Innovation System, and then focus on KIE itself. Our findings are perhaps more optimistic than many previous studies of knowledge …This study surveys the current state of affairs in Poland with regard to the development of knowledge … which universities are playing a significant role as partners for firms in the innovation process has increased …
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One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...
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