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social costs of entrepreneurship are likely to be higher for academic entrepreneurs and empirically investigates the …
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distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified … entry strategies. The four main groups of entry strategies are independency entrepreneurship, opportunity entrepreneurship …
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This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily...
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member states, different institutional infrastructures for entrepreneurship. Based on a harmonized dataset, our results …
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establishments. Finally, we do not find evidence that a youth-centred human resource strategy (always) fosters innovation. …
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Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an invention. In this scenario, start-up companies benefit from the exclusive right to commercialize patent-protected inventions and the certification effect of patents which...
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Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form … monitored by their corporate sponsors, resulting in less favorable conditions for radical innovation. …
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employment growth and postentry innovation activities of the new firm. We focus on start-ups for which a new idea (a new product … terms of post-entry innovation activities. However, we cannot show that corporate spinoffs benefit from the transferred idea … subsequent post-entry innovation activities of corporate spinoffs. …
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Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...
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For academic spin-offs I analyze the length of time between the founder's leaving of academia and the establishment of his firm. Technology transfer can take place even years after leaving the mother institution. A duration analysis reveals that a longer time-lag is caused by the necessity of...
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