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Formal institutions, e.g., regulations, are considered crucial determinants of entrepreneurship, but what enables regulatory change when there is a regulatory void, meaning entrepreneurship clashes with existing regulations? Drawing on public choice theory, we hypothesize that regulatory freedom...
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innovative and evasive features. The platform was a radical, widely applied innovation that transformed the Internet landscape …
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Although institutional reforms are necessary to increase rates of entrepreneurship in European countries, we argue that one-size-fits-all reform strategies are unlikely to be successful. Reform strategies must be informed by a better knowledge of the varieties of European capitalism and the...
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In this paper, we argue that evasive entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation in the economy. Institutions …
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It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
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Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solve … pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of mission-oriented innovation policies she … promotes usually rely on an overly mechanical view of innovation and economic growth. We employ an ecosystem perspective to …
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markets, and (vi) human capital for entrepreneurship. The reforms would likely strengthen Europe's innovation capacity at a …
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Researchers increasingly recognize that entrepreneurial employees, intrapreneurs, play a critical role in innovation …
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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 …
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It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and … to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and growth. …
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