start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for … culture of entrepreneurship is positively related not only to the level of new business formation but also the amount of …

in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In …

undercounting of small firm patenting, which has been a feature of most of the earlier studies. A data set is used that comprises …

the regional innovator network, promoting region-specific knowledge spillovers. Two data bases are applied. First, patent … data delivers the innovator network for Thuringia. The second data base contains firm specific information on innovative …

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need … to build social relationships in today’s networked economy. -- human capital ; social capital ; entrepreneurship …

working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck … employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private … sector work. -- Knowledge transfer ; science ; entrepreneurship ; innovation ; commercialization …

positively moderates the effect of social capital on performance. -- Entrepreneurship ; Nascent entrepreneurship ; Social capital …

businesses in this respect. -- agglomeration ; balanced skills ; entrepreneurship ; thick markets ; urban diversity …

stage). A sample of 149 patenting (innovative) firms in Thuringia is analysed, using data from the commercial register and …