, until 2005. Laser technology research has been nearly exclusively conducted in regions that are home to a university with a … adjacent regions, geographic proximity to the center of initial laser research was conducive to early adoption of laser … research; however, the effect is small. The earlier a region embarked on this type of research, the higher the level of laser …

private sector as well as from public research institutions. The impact of both the specialization and the additional factors …

-to-job mobility of workers. The research question addressed in this study is an empirical exploration of the industry-specific factors …

This paper addresses the question of whether government procurement can work as a de facto innovation policy tool. We … develop an endogenous growth model with quality-improving in-novation that incorporates industries with heterogeneous … innovation sizes. Government de-mand in high-tech industries increases the market size in these industries and, with it, the in …

innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes … increase the likelihood of obtaining equity finance. Thus, if signals are credible, innovation positively impacts external … that the relation between finance and innovation depends on the stage of a start-up lifecycle. …

-dynamics that gave rise to different patterns of innovation in the two countries. In particular, we suggest that different demand …

issues will be cross classified with J23; those focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship will be cross classified with O31 … the questions this review covers the intersection of entrepreneurship with labor markets, innovation and capital …