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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …

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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship: Causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an … important role in explaining persistence of entrepreneurship. We discuss possible explanations for the emergence of a culture of … entrepreneurship, and how it becomes self-perpetuating over time. Finally, we draw policy implications and identify some promising …

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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany

Fritsch, Michael - 2007

This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation 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 and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...

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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries

Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007

We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...

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Exploration and exploitation: the role of entrepreneurship and R&D in the process of innovation

Keilbach, Max; Sanders, Mark - 2007

stable non trivial allocation of labor to production, innovation and entrepreneurship. We compute the steady state allocation … of labor to production, R&D and Entrepreneurship. We show that the innovation rate decreases if one of the innovative …

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The process of creative construction: knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship and economic growth

Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David B.; Sarkar, MB - 2008

mechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship whereby knowledge investments by existing organizations, when … research in entrepreneurship, strategy and economic growth. …

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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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Intellectual property rights and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Ács, Zoltán J.; Sanders, Mark - 2008

generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further … strengthening patent protection will reduce the returns to entrepreneurship sufficiently to reduce overall economic growth. …

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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 …

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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research

van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …

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