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of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
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Researchers increasingly recognize that entrepreneurial employees, intrapreneurs, play a critical role in innovation …
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We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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over eight years, we test the model on a population of Swedish wage earners in the knowledge-intensive sector. -- Hybrid …
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We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we find no effect of...
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Recent research has shown that entrepreneurs who start incorporated firms are fundamentally different from entrepreneurs who start sole proprietorships. This difference suggests that incorporation status may distinguish the self-employed with no ambition to hire from entrepreneurs who plan to...
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Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper follows Lazear's (2005) Jack-of-all-trades hypothesis according to which an individual with a more balanced set of abilities is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the...
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