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Stam, Erik - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …

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Creating Strategic Advantage through EntrepreneurialGovernance in New Ventures

Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik; Plummer, Lawrence A. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governanceand corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managersstock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm.This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...

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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy

Acs, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

globalization. It is a model based on growth, expansion and constant innovation. However, it is accompanied by social problems which …

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Building a Better Rat Trap : Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula

Terjesen, Siri - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

catchers, Sethu developed an innovative new trap. His innovation won the prestigious Global Development Marketplace award from …

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Innovation, strategic renewal and its effect on small firm performance

Folkeringa, Mickey; Meijaard, Joris; Stel, Adriaan J. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

strategic renewal, including process innovation and knowledge management. In our regression analyses we explain the variation in …

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The Missing Link

Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link...

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The Evolution of the Literature on Technological Change over time: A Survey

Conte, Andrea - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

This paper reviews the emergence and evolution of major topics in economics of innovation. Throughout the paper …

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From nascent to actual entrepreneurship: the effect of entry barriers

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Storey, David; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

This exploratory study focuses on the conversion from nascent to actual entrepreneurship and the role of entry barriers in this process. Using data for a sample of countries partici-pating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor between 2002 and 2004, we estimate a two-equation model explaining...

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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

-dependent so that changes are relatively small. The main factors determining the level of regional start-ups are innovation and …

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