This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

job creation, expansion and innovation activities for up to 40 months after business formation. Using self … better, the higher they score on this index. Effects are particularly strong for growth oriented outcomes like innovation and … ambition, and necessity. We show that individuals driven by opportunity motives perform better in terms of innovation and …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies … fail to distinguish between innovation investments and innovation capital. Using an unbalanced panel of over 290 … innovation and survival and find that current innovation investments increase the probability of death while innovation capital …

data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regional …

function (IPF) and propose three models relating innovation, AI and population: AI as a research-augmenting technology; AI as … researcher scale enhancing technology; and AI as a facilitator of innovation. We show, performing model simulations calibrated on …

job allocation across industries, firms, and workers, and its implications for innovation and economic growth. We analyze … identified in the structural literature through which EPL-induced job reallocation affects productivity, innovation, and overall …