innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their …

exploration that would otherwise accrue to the entrepreneurs. Stronger patent protection will increase the incentive to do R&D and … 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. …

innovation as well as the project's feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their …

The aim of this paper is to test whether patent-based indicators are still reliable measures of innovativeness in light … already under way respectively at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). For most … this purpose, we use a unique data set which collects balance sheet items and patent information from EPO and USPTO. After …

employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …

This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative …

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 …