Similar Search Results

Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267108

Innovation and lock-in

Cantner, Uwe; Vannuccini, Simone - 2016

literature. We discuss if lock-ins are really inescapable, especially when innovation is concerned. Also, we address the question …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580459

The impact of market size and users' sophistication on innovation: the patterns of demand and the technology life cycle

Guerzoni, Marco - 2007

on demand and innovation, theory still lacks a comprehensive analytical formulation. This paper proposes a model where …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263802

Entrepreneurship and innovation policy

Stam, Erik - 2008

What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263861

Do firms benefit from complementarity effect in R&D and what drives their R&D strategy choices?

Cantner, Uwe; Savin, Ivan - 2014

This paper analyzes whether firms conducting internal R&D and acquiring external high-tech equipment experience a complementarity effect. For German CIS data we conduct a complete set of indirect and direct complementarity tests refining the analysis by looking at various types of innovations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435142