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Economic emergence: An evolutionary economic perspective
Foster, John; Metcalfe, J. Stan - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 2, pp. 420-432
The standard neoclassical approach to economic theorising excludes, by definition, economic emergence and the related phenomenon of entrepreneurship. We explore how the most economic of human behaviours, entrepreneurship, came to be largely excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast,...
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more pro-entrepreneurial policies....
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation And Business Competitiveness In The Service-Producing Sector: Implementation To Mainland Portugal
PEREIRA, Orlando Petiz; CORREIA, Isabel M. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 12 (2012) 1
business services (KIBS) as leading vehicles for technological progress, of innovation as well as economic growth, all of which … on knowledge, they are located in urban areas and are considered as an essential element of the innovation system of big … cities. These stand simultaneously as suppliers of innovation capacity for small companies and for those companies where I …
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And the Winner Is--Acquired: Entrepreneurship as a Contest with Acquisition as the Prize
Henkel, Joachim; Rønde, Thomas; Wagner, Marcus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
paper, we analyze a two-stage innovation game between one incumbent and a large number of entrants. In the first stage … innovation. In the second stage, successful entrants bid to be acquired by the incumbent. We assume that entrants cannot survive …&D approaches than the incumbent and are more likely to generate the highest value innovation. Thus, the need of entrants to be …
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R&D strategies and entrepreneurial spawning
Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 54-68
This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. When examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies, three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...
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The 80/20 rule: Corporate support for innovation by employees
Krasteva, Silvana; Sharma, Priyanka; Wagman, Liad - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 38 (2015) C, pp. 32-43
on the employing firm's profits. The innovation process consists of exploration and development. Exploring an idea … exploration support rises with the firm's innovation appropriability, overall profits may decline. …
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Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis
Lee, Neil; Sameen, Hiba; Cowling, Marc - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 2, pp. 370-380
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, there has been increased focus on access to finance for small firms. Research from before the crisis suggested that it was harder for innovative firms to access finance. Yet no research has considered the differential effect of the crisis on innovative...
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Property rights, entrepreneurship and coordination
Harper, David A. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 88 (2013) C, pp. 62-77
of property rights. We also examine Kirzner's assertion that dynamic competition – including Schumpeterian innovation …
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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Is It U-Shaped?
Wennekers, Sander; van Stel, André; Carree, Martin; … - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship 6 (2010) 3, pp. 167-237
Following a centuries-long decline in the rate of self-employment, a discontinuity in this downward trend is observed for many advanced economies starting in the 1970s and 1980s. In some countries, the rate of self-employment appears to increase. At the same time, crosssectional analysis shows a...
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