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Universities and the success of entrepreneurial ventures: evidence from the small business innovation research program

Siegel, Donald; Wessner, Charles - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 4, pp. 404-415

There has been little direct, systematic empirical analysis of the role that universities play in enhancing the success of entrepreneurial ventures. We attempt to fill this gap by analyzing data from the US SBIR program, a “set-aside” program that requires key federal agencies (e.g.,...

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Chinese technology transfer policy: the case of the national independent innovation demonstration zone of East Lake

Huang, Yongming; Audretsch, David; Hewitt, Megan - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 6, pp. 828-835

This paper analyzes the technology transfer policies that are being developed to reduce the regional disparities in economic growth in China. In particular, these technology transfer policies focus on increasing the innovative activity in central China, in order to spur economic development and...

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Ready to leave the ivory tower?: Academic scientists’ appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 3, pp. 271-296

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Academics’ entrepreneurship propensities and gender differences

Goel, Rajeev; Göktepe-Hultén, Devrim; Ram, Rati - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 40 (2015) 1, pp. 161-177

Using survey data from a large public research organization, this study examines entrepreneurship propensities of … entrepreneurship are fairly similar, regression estimates show significant gender differences in the association of several factors … promote tendencies towards entrepreneurship among male researchers, but not among female researchers. Also, unlike the male …

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Why Did Self-Employment Increase So Strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Sorgner, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...

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Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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