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Link, Albert N.; Hall, Bronwyn; Scott, John - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2010

university-industry research partnerships using a sample survey of pre-commercial research projects funded the U.S. government … are contributing to basic research awareness and insight among the partners in ATP-funded projects. …

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From Laboratory to Market: On the Propensity of Young Inventors to Form a New Business

Link, Albert N.; Welsh, Dianne H. B. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

experience as a new business proprietor is driven by dimensions of their university laboratory research experience. …

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Public Policy Frameworks

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

thinking about the economy in general and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular, not only shape how … innovation and entrepreneurial activity are valued, but also the overall policy debate concerning innovation and entrepreneurship …

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Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

This paper focuses on valuation issues and methods that are related to a closely-held entrepreneurial enterprise. This focus is motivated by the fact that the number of small closely held business start-ups, which we refer to broadly by the term entrepreneurial enterprises, continues to grow...

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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

we test the model empirically using research project data on entrepreneurial firms that were funded through the U ….S. Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. We find that larger firms are more likely to be … involved in a research partnership with a university, in general, as are firms with founders who have an academic background …

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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...

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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 … of an SBIR award and completion of the research project to the level of employment predicted by the firm …’s characteristics prior to the award. Using data collected by the National Research Council within the National Academies, we estimate …

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Collective Entrepreneurship: The Strategic Management of Research Triangle Park

Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

entrepreneurship entails a process that begins with perception and is completed with action. When it comes to places—meaning physical … single individual. This paper illustrates the strategic management of one place in particular, Research Triangle Park in … central North Carolina. This history of Research Triangle Park suggests and that the early perception for the park, and the …

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Employment Growth from the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2010

This paper investigates employment growth in small firms funded by the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR …) program. Using data collected by the National Research Council for each of five federal agencies, our analysis shows that on … project. Also, we find that the public funding of research by the SBIR program is more likely to stimulate employment when the …

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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: An Exploratory Look

Bradley, Samantha R.; Hayter, Christopher S.; Link, … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

In this paper we identify the population of 32 U.S. university-related Proof of Concept Centers (PoCCs), and we present a model of technology development that identifies the economic role of PoCCs within that model. We examine the broad technology transfer challenges that PoCCs have been...

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