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Geographic allocation of OSS contributions : the role of institutions and culture

Engelhardt, Sebastian; Freytag, Andreas - 2009

So-called open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a public, collaborative manner. High quality OSS products like...

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Institutions, culture, and open source

Engelhardt, Sebastian von; Freytag, Andreas - 2010

The paper analyzes the impact of institutional and cultural factors on a remarkable economic activity: the production of so-called open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and...

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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

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Entrepreneurs´ acceptance of formal institutions : a cross-country analysis

Freytag, Andreas; Noseleit, Florian - 2009

institutional quality is related to less acceptance by entrepreneurs compared to the rest of society. -- Entrepreneurship ; self …

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Institutional influences on strategic entrepreneurial behaviours

Autio, Erkko; Acs, Zoltán J. - 2009

. -- strategic entrepreneurship ; multi-level analysis ; intellectual property protection ; growth aspirations …

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Innovation and social capital : across-country investigation

Doh, Soogwan; Acs, Zoltán J. - 2009

entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need … to build social relationships in today’s networked economy. -- human capital ; social capital ; entrepreneurship …

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

We propose an extension of the standard occupational choice model to analyze the life satisfaction of senior entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status as main factors that shape the relationship between...

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New business formation and incumbents' perception of competitive pressure

Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2016

We investigate the relationship between new business formation and the level of competitive pressure perceived by manufacturing incumbent establishments. The perceived pressure of competition is stronger the higher the level of entries in the respective industry. This relationship holds not only...

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Productivity and heterogeneous knowledge : exploring the relationship in a sample of drug developers

Bottazzi, Giulio; Plotnikova, Tatiana - 2010

This paper aims to investigate the effect of knowledge characteristics on the total factor productivity of firms developing drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. We decompose knowledge into knowledge associated with the technological firm portfolio and knowledge related to R&D projects, which...

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Success in pharmaceutical research : the changing role of scale and scope economies, spillovers and competition

Plotnikova, Tatiana - 2010

This paper investigates the determinants of success in the development of new drugs. In specific, it explores the factors of success in drug development programs at different stages of innovation process. We use economies of scale, scope, R&D competition and technological spillovers as...

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