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Small business innovation: firm level evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 5, pp. 732-754

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external determinants of patenting. Applying a non-linear panel data approach to about 160,000 observations on manufacturing firms in Sweden for the period 2000–2006, the following facts...

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Entrepreneurship research centers around the world: research orientation, knowledge transfer and performance

Cassia, Lucio; Massis, Alfredo; Meoli, Michele; Minola, … - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 3, pp. 376-392

This work investigates entrepreneurship research centers, and analyzes their research performance. Studies on the … determinants of performance of research centers have mainly focused on science and technology, while entrepreneurship has been so … far neglected. Through an analysis of 46 centers worldwide, we focus on entrepreneurship research and the role of centers …

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Parting the ivory curtain: understanding how universities support a diverse set of startups

Shah, Sonali; Pahnke, Emily - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 5, pp. 780-792

entrepreneurial ventures cultivated within their walls. To date, most research has focused on academic entrepreneurship—new ventures … contribution of modern universities. We propose a framework for understanding the full scope of university entrepreneurship and its … resources required to foster entrepreneurship from within the ivory tower. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York …

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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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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany

Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...

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Risk Attitudes and Private Business Equity

Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …

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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

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Perceived chances for promotion among women associate professors in computing: individual, departmental, and entrepreneurial factors

Fox, Mary; Xiao, Wenbin - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 2, pp. 135-152

promotion to full professor and indicators of entrepreneurship, as part of key sets of individual and departmental independent …

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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: an exploratory look

Bradley, Samantha; Hayter, Christopher; Link, Albert - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 4, pp. 349-381

In this paper we identify the population of 32 US university-related Proof of Concept Centers (PoCCs), and we present a model of technology development that identifies the economic role of PoCCs within that model. We examine the broad technology transfer challenges that PoCCs have been...

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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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