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International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers
Keller, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper examines how international flows of technological knowledge affect economic performance across industries and firms in different countries. Motivated by the large share of the world's technology investments made by firms that are active across borders, we focus on international trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577803
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Grant Support and Exporting Activity
Görg, Holger; Henry, Michael; Strobl, Eric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper investigates whether government support can act to increase exporting activity. We use a uniquely rich data set on Irish manufacturing plants and employ an empirical strategy that combines a non-parametric matching procedure with a difference-in-differences estimator in order to deal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661701
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Migrant entrepreneurship : reflections on research and practice
Ram, Monder; Jones, Trevor; Villares-Varela, María - In: International small business journal : researching … 35 (2017) 1, pp. 3-18
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Bankruptcy Codes and Innovation
Acharya, Viral V; Subramanian, Krishnamurthy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Do legal institutions governing financial contracts affect the nature of real investments in the economy? We develop a simple model and provide evidence that the answer to this question is yes. We consider a levered firm's choice of investment between innovative and conservative technologies, on...
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship
Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the decision-making context of the individual. The … entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … suggests that opportunities are endogenous. This paper bridges the gap between the entrepreneurship and economic literature on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067475
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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Preemptive acquisitions by incumbents are shown to stimulate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008865973
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How and Why Does Knowledge Spill Over? The Case of Biotechnology
Audretsch, David B; Stephan, Paula E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper sheds light on the questions, Why does knowledge spill over? and How does knowledge spill over? The answer to these questions lies in the incentives confronting scientists to appropriate the expected value of their knowledge considered in the context of their path-dependent career...
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Exit of venture-backed firms often takes place through sales to large incumbent firms. We show that in such an environment, venture-backed firms have a stronger incentive to develop basic innovations into commercialized innovations than incumbent firms, due to strategic product market effects....
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Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles: sometimes worse than the toss of a coin
Konon, Alexander; Kritikos, Alexander S. - In: Small Business Economics 53 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20
The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices--from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles...
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Radical innovation and its regional impact—a roadmap for future research
Audretsch, David; Fornahl, Dirk; Klarl, Torben - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 1153-1156
, Entrepreneurship, and (Regional) Growth" and present a roadmap for future research in the area. This article argues that the link … between the literature on radical innovation, entrepreneurship, and (regional) growth is still an underresearched topic. This …
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