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This paper draws on observations from a long-established network in France, located around the town of Cognac – site of distilled beverages with the same name. Firms within this network have been successful in developing new types of products in the past decades, drawing on and diverging from...
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We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden is not markedly different than elsewhere. In line with...
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greater integration between the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation studies in the future. …Entrepreneurship research has a long tradition and since the 1980s the field has grown significantly. In this study we … identify the ‘knowledge producers’ who have shaped the field over time and their core entrepreneurship research works. A unique …
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It is often claimed that there are locally embedded values and attitudes towards entrepreneurship, exerting a strong … influence on the rate and level of entrepreneurial activity in regions. The concept of regional entrepreneurship culture aims to … their activities in a region. This paper discusses regional entrepreneurship culture as a source of persistent differences …
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probability than an individual leaves employment for entrepreneurship. An otherwise average neighborhood with a 5 percentage point …
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We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The … basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both … the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While local institutions always develop and operate against the backdrop of …
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In this paper we argue for the need of sector contextualization to achieve a better understanding of new venture activities aimed at commercializing university generated knowledge. From this perspective, we contend that an analysis of the creation of research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) must take...
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This paper sheds light on the role of the regional innovation system in facilitating the Bangalore Software cluster … innovation profile. Recent research has documented that Bangalore has become one of the most important IT clusters outside the US … discussing the role of policy interventions in supporting innovation in the software cluster and, more specifically, the …
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to have problems in two of these gears, the entrepreneurial climate and innovation to high-tech production. We support … multinationals remains, which in itself is an indication of weak entrepreneurship. Second, Sweden is still behind the OECD in high …
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This paper aims to analyse how innovative, individual activities influence the evolution of local industries according to three stages. When discussing the evolution of industries or economies, the concept of path dependency is often a central element. Its vague nature makes it however difficult...
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