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Financial signalling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266651
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The entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus: nonmarket source of American entrepreneurial capitalism
Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007
the creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of … paved the way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271768
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?: returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; van Praag, C. Mirjam; van der Sluis, Justin - 2008
? Our individual fixed-effects estimates of the differential returns to ability for spells in entrepreneurship versus wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276994
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271770
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The knowledge filter, entrepreneurship, and economic growth
Carlsson, Bo; Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneur-ship, and economic growth in the United … general knowledge and economically useful knowledge. Also missing is a mechanism (such as entrepreneurship) converting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271771
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Democratic capitalism and philanthropy in a global economy
Ács, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - 2007
from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271772
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Foundations of high impact entrepreneurship
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2008
This survey reviews the theoretical literature on high impact entrepreneurship. The survey is guided in part by the … recent classification changes at the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) regarding entrepreneurship. The board voted to … create a new classification code, L26, for entrepreneurship. The JEL intends to use this code for all articles and books that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271790
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High-tech immigrant entrepreneurship in the U.S.
Hart, David M.; Ács, Zoltán J.; Tracy, Spencer - 2009
In this study, we quantify the role of foreign-born founders in high-tech entrepreneurship in a nationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271795
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index: A new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
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