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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
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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
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Building a better rat trap: technological innovation, human capital and the Irula
Terjesen, Siri - 2007
catchers, Sethu developed an innovative new trap. His innovation won the prestigious Global Development Marketplace award from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263796
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Ready to Leave the Ivory Tower? - Academic Scientists' Appeal to Work in the Private Sector
Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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/10004964128
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Building a Better Rat Trap: Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula
Terjesen, Siri - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
catchers, Sethu developed an innovative new trap. His innovation won the prestigious Global Development Marketplace award from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032023
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Approaching the agora: Determinants of scientists' intentions to purse academic entrepreneurship
Goethner, Maximilian; Obschonka, Martin; Silbereisen, … - 2009
This study investigates predictors of scientists' intentions to commercialize their research through business founding. Analyzing a cross-sectional sample of 496 German scientists, we develop and test an intentions-based model of academic entrepreneurship combining personal and contextual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267110
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Absorptive Capacity and Innovation : When Is It Better to Cooperate?
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2013
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/10013089915
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The selective nature of innovator networks: From the nascent to the early growth phase of the organizational life cycle
Cantner, Uwe; Wolf, Tina - 2016
Earlier studies have shown that entrepreneurs play a key role in shaping regional development. Innovator networks where these entrepreneurs are members of have been identified as one among many critical factors for their firms' success. This paper intents to go one step further and analyses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580462
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On regional innovator networks as hubs for innovative ventures
Cantner, Uwe; Wolf, Tina - 2016
focused on the evolutionary process behind firm growth and survival. Recently a growing interest is devoted to the variable …-specific characteristics that may play a relevant role in determining the growth and survival of a firm. Some works see university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522062
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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