costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional … consequential choices of startups. We argue that middle management is positively related to introducing product innovations because … suggest that the effectiveness of these mechanisms depends on the riskiness of a startup’s business opportunity. Based on a …

In this paper we integrate the insights of the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE … number of new innovative ventures (that is startups patenting in any technological field in the year of their foundation … knowledge stock does promote the spread of innovative startups, so supporting both the KSTE+I approach and the enabling role of …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

entrepreneurial development. In our analysis, we examine a broad range of business outcomes including survival and income, as well as … job creation, expansion and innovation activities for up to 40 months after business formation. Using self … unique dataset of German start-ups from unemployment and non-unemployment - that the later business performance is better …

business outcomes up to 19 months after business creation. Outcomes include start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, as … well as growthoriented outcomes such as job creation and innovation. We find statistically significant and economically … important positive effects of high scores of self-efficacy on start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, which become even …

predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization's innovation process and the … hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth … founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth …