knowledge spillovers between similar firms, the latter argues that diversity provides more opportunities for cross … relationship for Germany and Portugal. Both countries, though member states of the European Union, are fairly different from each … considerably. While it turns out that in Portugal firm entries are positively affected by a high concentration of skills, it is the …

generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further … innovation. Intellectual property rights protection allows the incumbent firms to capture part of the rents of commercial …. -- Intellectual property rights ; endogenous growth ; entrepreneurship ; incentives ; knowledge spillovers ; rents …

important conditions for R&D cooperation and innovation. I begin by providing a "beyond-R&D" definition of absorptive capacity … cooperative R&D on incremental product, process and radical innovation. Employing the IAB Establishment Panel Survey on about 1200 … German innovation-based establishments during 2007-2011, findings demonstrate that adoption of employment practices …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …

knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge … considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a …

drive innovation. -- Entrepreneurship ; Development; Stages of Growth ; Globalization ; Innovation ; Index ; Knowledge …