framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur’s skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both … being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

proportion of innovative entrepreneurs. Taxes, being recurring costs, may reduce the “prize” of innovation and the profit from …

externalities in explaining variation in innovation rates across firms. More specifically, we combine micro-data and census data to … estimate the probability that a firm will introduce a goods, service or process innovation. We consider internal firm … agglomeration variables are only significant for a few specific sectors, and even then only for some types of innovation. Accepted …

, which only holds in the long-term but not in the short-term. Further, we find support for a moderating effect of innovation … in the long-term, innovation mediates the ESP-CFP relationship suggesting that innovation should be considered as a long …

structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth … (diversity) and Porter externalities (competition) that have provided alternative explanations for innovation and urban growth …Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally …

particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In …-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by means of the number of patent applications per million inhabitants. Given the geographical … concentration and subsequent diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take …

development strategies. Despite different perspectives, most studies highlight knowledge creation and innovation as the major … drivers of change and growth. This consensus disappears, however, as soon as the complexity of innovation and knowledge are …In recent decades there have been an enormous number of studies about innovation systems, partly inspired by a great …

Portuguese strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy have, over the past two decades, produced various … firms' contribution to national and regional growth, their obstacles and impacts. For the purpose of this paper, innovation … the present performance of Portuguese firms located throughout the country and to explore those innovation determinants …