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Patents, knowledge spillovers, and entrepreneurship
Acs, Zoltan; Sanders, Mark - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 4, pp. 801-817
development (R&D) and generate new knowledge. This new knowledge has a positive effect on entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth …. However, after some point, further strengthening of patent protection will reduce the returns to entrepreneurship sufficiently …
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Knowledge spillover entrepreneurship in an endogenous growth model
Acs, Zoltan; Sanders, Mark - In: Small Business Economics 41 (2013) 4, pp. 775-795
production processes. Our model embeds the core idea of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship in established …We present a model that separates entrepreneurship from profit-motivated corporate R&D aimed at improving existing …
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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities
Acs, Zoltan; Armington, Catherine - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 8, pp. 911-927
Acs Z. J. and Armington C. (2004) Employment growth and entrepreneurial activity in cities, Regional Studies38, 911-927. Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole US...
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