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Entrepreneurship and creative professions: A micro-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self … entrepreneur. Investigating the determinants of entrepreneurship within the creative class as compared to non-creative professions …

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The geography of creative people in Germany revisited

Fritsch, Michael; Stuetzer, Michael - 2012

It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places...

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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust-belt" economies

Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2008

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new generic knowledge and economically-useful knowledge. It identifies both the formation of new ventures and the absorptive capacity of incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical...

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Creativity and industrial cities: a case study of Baltimore

Ács, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - 2007

Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate po-licy. Creative metropolises base their economic development strategies, at least partly, on building communities attractive to the creative class worker. While there are count-less examples of high-tech regions...

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in the rust belt

Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2007

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...

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Creative industries, new business formation and regional economic growth

Piergiovanni, Roberta; Carree, Martin A.; Santarelli, Enrico - 2009

The present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities, new business formation and the provision of amenities on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces (NUTS 3) over the period between 2001 and 2006. Provincial growth rates are...

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Entrepreneurship and creative professions: A micro-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

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Entrepreneurship and Creative Professions: A Micro-Level Analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

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Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in the Rust Belt

Acs, Zoltan; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

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