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Employment growth of new firms
Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - 2008
This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263862
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Employment Growth of New Firms
Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090511
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Absorptive capacity and innovation: When is it better to cooperate?
Egbetokun, Abiodun A.; Savin, Ivan - 2012
Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291823
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Innovation networks of high tech SMES: creation of knowledge but no creation of value
Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - 2007
This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and pro-cess innovation and sales growth of high … technology SMEs. Innovation net-works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. know-ledge creation …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263806
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291856
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263781
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263818
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Is innovation (increasingly) concentrated in large cities? An international comparison
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
innovation activities, the extent of these advantages is not very large. We conclude that popular theories over-emphasize the … importance of large cities for innovation activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389630
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Creativity, analytical skills, personality traits, and innovation game behavior in the lab: An experiment
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2011
participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281675
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Creative Class and Regional Growth - Empirical Evidence from Eight European Countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090497