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Fostering University‐Industry R&D Collaborations in European Union Countries
Link, Albert N.; Cunningham, James - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014
This paper advances our understanding of university-industry research and development (R&D) collaborations. These strategic relationships are a dimension of entrepreneurial activity, and they are thus important drivers of economic growth and development. Business collaboration with universities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990964
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A Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Social Networks in Entrepreneurship
Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N.; Siegel, Donald S. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013
Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … entrepreneurship increases the probability of entrepreneurial success. The results also lend credence to theories of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990965
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Toward a Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process
Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014
This paper models the entrepreneurial process as both creation and discovery composed of an iterative two-step process where entrepreneurs create social networks based on subjective expectations about the future effectiveness of those networks, and then choose the innovation to pursue and map a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886042
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Making Sense of the Elusive Paradigm of Entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N.; Donald, Kuratko - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015
The term “entrepreneurship” apparently means different things to different people including scholars and thought … leaders. Because entrepreneurship is multifaceted, it is studied from many different perspectives, yet, that has fostered a … disparities and even contradictions about what is and is not entrepreneurship. Some have suggested a narrower and more defined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273196
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The Gender Gap in Federal and Private Support for Entrepreneurship
Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015
The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276091
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Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns
Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Roed, Knut; Skogstrøm, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079007
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Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Allen, Stuart Douglas; Layson, Stephen K.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012
This paper presents a systematic analysis of the net economic benefits associated with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. We offer a derivation of producer and consumer surplus to estimate economic benefits. Fundamental to the implementation of these models is a specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650904
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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011
In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs’ human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318570
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Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms
Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011
We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on the overall employment growth of SBIR-award recipient firms. This paper is motivated by the U.S. Congress’ continued emphasis of employment growth during its deliberations on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351114
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Universities as Research Partners in Publicly Supported Entrepreneurial Firms
Audretsch, David B.; Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012
Partnerships between universities and industrial firms can play a key role in enhancing competitiveness because they provide a conduit for the spillover of knowledge from the academic organization where knowledge is created to the firm where it is transformed into innovative activity. We set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393856