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Local rates of new firm formation: An empirical exploration using Swedish data
Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019
variables to address endogeneity, we find that local growth drives local entrepreneurship exclusively in services industries … started by people, so it is unsurprising that the main factor driving local entrepreneurship is the characteristics of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145515
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2009
We construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture capitalists. We show that venture-backed entrepreneurial firms have an incentive to overinvest in development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320298
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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - 2009
We develop a theory of commercialization mode (entry or sale) of entrepreneurial inventions into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Moreover, preemptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320309
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Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects - But Still Not Risky Enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012
. We also show that commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. Using Swedish patent citation data, we find empirical support for predictions of the model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320328
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Local Rates of New Firm Formation : An Empirical Exploration Using Swedish Data
Andersson, Martin - 2020
variables to address endogeneity, we find that local growth drives local entrepreneurship exclusively in services industries … started by people, so it is unsurprising that the main factor driving local entrepreneurship is the characteristics of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824246
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The Scientific Output of a Database on Commercialized Patents
Svensson, Roger - 2020
The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615417
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Venture Capitalists, Asymmetric Information, and Ownership in the Innovation Process
Fabrizi, Simona; Lippert, Steffen; Norbäck, Peh; … - 2008
In this paper we construct a model in which entrepreneurial innovations are sold into oligopolistic industries and where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as exacerbated development by better-informed venture-backed rms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320264
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The Scientific Output of a Database on Commercialized Patents
Svensson, Roger - 2020
The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825823
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Perspectives on the Success and Early History of the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IUI)
Henrekson, Magnus - 2009
The Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research (IUI) was founded in 1939. In less than ten years, IUI grew from a small survey bureau to a leading research institute focused on microeconomic research relevant to industrial development. Based on a number of new commemorative essays and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320347
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Status quo institutions and the benefits of institutional deviations
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2016
prerequisite for innovation and entrepreneurship. This is done by putting the spotlight on the role that formal and informal … institutions often act as impediments to entrepreneurship and innovation. We argue that a common yet underappreciated source of … entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917020