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Sinking or swimming in the cluster labor pool? : a firm-specific analysis of the effect of specialized labour

Grashof, Nils - 2020

Human resources are a key factor for firm success, particularly nowadays when most industrial economies face an increasing shortage of qualified labour. With their pooled labour markets, regional clusters have been shown to be a preferable location for firms in order to satisfy their demand for...

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Intellectual property rights and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltán J. (contributor); Sanders, Mark (contributor) - 2008

generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further … innovation. Intellectual property rights protection allows the incumbent firms to capture part of the rents of commercial …. -- Intellectual property rights ; endogenous growth ; entrepreneurship ; incentives ; knowledge spillovers ; rents …

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Innovation and social capital : across-country investigation

Doh, Soogwan; Acs, Zoltán J. - 2009

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 …

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Balanced skills and the city : an analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial skill balance, thickness and innovation

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2013

Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...

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Actor fluidity and knowledge persistence in regional inventor networks

Fritsch, Michael; Zöllner, Moritz - 2018

knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge … considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a …

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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

drive innovation. -- Entrepreneurship ; Development; Stages of Growth ; Globalization ; Innovation ; Index ; Knowledge …

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Occupational choice and social contacts across regions

Bauernschuster, Stefan (contributor); … - 2008

This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the interconnectedness of social contacts, we compare rural and agglomerated areas. A smaller community size in rural areas generates greater network closure. Agents' neighborhoods are more likely...

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If you are so smart, why arent́ you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008

How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...

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Institutional influences on strategic entrepreneurial behaviours

Autio, Erkko; Acs, Zoltán J. - 2009

The purpose of this paper is to examine the existence of cross-level moderating effects between national appropriability conditions, individual level predictors and entrepreneurial growth aspirations. We test a multi-level model that connects the determinants of strategic resource allocation...

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...

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