/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 …

general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … indicate that the skill composition has different effects on firm entry in the two countries. More specifically, for Portugal …

people with lower levels of schooling? It focuses on Portugal, where the higher education system has been expanding at a fast …

?the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France …

workers participating substantially less. Second, we measure the wage effects of training. We find that in Portugal returns to …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …

explained by business dynamics, innovation, human capital and the level of entrepreneurship in each region. Findings The results …. In addition, the stock of human capital and the promotion of innovation act as catalysts for the productive efficiency of … businesses must also be oriented towards sectors that promote technological innovation and with the objective to reach an …