This paper uses register-linked patent records covering an extended period 1985-2007 to analyze detailed demographic … profiles of inventors. The analysis covers about 80 percent of all inventors with Swedish addresses listed on European Patent …

plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …

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 …

Entrepreneurial activity is significantly predicted by the presence of other entrepreneurs in the residential … entrepreneurs are influenced by entrepreneurial neighbors. Using geo-coded matched employer-employee data for Sweden, we find that … sharing residential neighborhood with established entrepreneurs has a statistically significant and robust influence on the …

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 … capture such phenomena, and refers in a general sense to the level of social acceptance and encouragement of entrepreneurs and …