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possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora … (1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the commercialization of a given invention. Tacit knowledge warrants inventor … first phase that matters for profitability. Thus, our interpretation is that tacit knowledge and close cooperation between …
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I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...
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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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between two activities: producing goods with the production-related knowledge they already have, and interacting with others … and its rate of learning and real growth. Individuals' time allocation decisions depend on the knowledge distribution … time allocations of everyone in the economy in turn determine the evolution of its knowledge distribution. We construct the …
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This essay argues that the most crucial institution of any school system is its view of knowledge - from which … that motivate its members. To make this case, we outline the two main conflicting views of knowledge, the classical view … students objective knowledge and skills that they cannot acquire in any way other than through hierarchical instruction in well …
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deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the …, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …
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. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Ownership ; Breakthrough ; Quality …
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countries in the 1996-2010 period. To our knowledge this is the first systematic cross-country study of billionaire …-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …
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