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Toward a Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process

Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014

This paper models the entrepreneurial process as both creation and discovery composed of an iterative two-step process where entrepreneurs create social networks based on subjective expectations about the future effectiveness of those networks, and then choose the innovation to pursue and map a...

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Making Sense of the Elusive Paradigm of Entrepreneurship

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N.; Donald, Kuratko - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015

The term “entrepreneurship” apparently means different things to different people including scholars and thought … leaders. Because entrepreneurship is multifaceted, it is studied from many different perspectives, yet, that has fostered a … disparities and even contradictions about what is and is not entrepreneurship. Some have suggested a narrower and more defined …

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The Gender Gap in Federal and Private Support for Entrepreneurship

Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015

The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender …

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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent

Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs’ human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...

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Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on the overall employment growth of SBIR-award recipient firms. This paper is motivated by the U.S. Congress’ continued emphasis of employment growth during its deliberations on...

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Universities as Research Partners in Publicly Supported Entrepreneurial Firms

Audretsch, David B.; Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012

Partnerships between universities and industrial firms can play a key role in enhancing competitiveness because they provide a conduit for the spillover of knowledge from the academic organization where knowledge is created to the firm where it is transformed into innovative activity. We set...

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Regional Appropriation of University-Based Knowledge and Technology for Economic Development

Audretsch, David B.; Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012

Economic development practitioners and scholars recognize the link between universities and regional economic development. It is predicated on the spillover of knowledge from universities to commercialization. The literature has focused on the supply side, which involves university research and...

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Collective Entrepreneurship: The Strategic Management of Research Triangle Park

Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

entrepreneurship entails a process that begins with perception and is completed with action. When it comes to places—meaning physical … ability. Thus, we introduce the notion of collective entrepreneurship, and we suggest that it might be a critical ingredient …

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Public Policy Frameworks

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

thinking about the economy in general and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular, not only shape how … innovation and entrepreneurial activity are valued, but also the overall policy debate concerning innovation and entrepreneurship …

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Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

This paper focuses on valuation issues and methods that are related to a closely-held entrepreneurial enterprise. This focus is motivated by the fact that the number of small closely held business start-ups, which we refer to broadly by the term entrepreneurial enterprises, continues to grow...

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