This paper analyzes how different innovation-strategies of incumbent firms affect the quality of their entrepreneurial … files for the period 1997-2008, three types of incumbent firms are distinguished: firms that are engaged in innovation … new firm can be linked back to the innovation strategy of the parent firm. In contrast, there is strong evidence that …

innovation activities captured by patent applications, firm characteristics, international trade and the regional milieu. …

The entrepreneur is an elusive character in economic theory due to the difficulty of providing an accurate description …

literature does not provide a comprehensive picture and we are indeed lacking a “general theory” of the knowledge economy …

innovation activities, as evidenced by patent applications. Interestingly, when controlling for firm attributes we do not find …

of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian … entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation process. In addition, we provide a framework where the theories of … possibilities of successful commercialization since the inventor may further adapt the innovation to customer needs, transmit …