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Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries: A comparison of the Nordic countries
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - 2001
The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281247
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Bottom-up vs. top-down policies towards the commercialization of university intellectual property
Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus - 2001
What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of university-generated knowledge? We address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great deal of resources into university R&D, but follow very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281236
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Demand vs. supply driven innovations: US and Swedish experiences in academic entrepreneurship
Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - 2001
Measured by per-capita publication measures, Sweden is an academic powerhouse. Hence, its inability to commercialize on these accomplishments is a puzzle. This paper attributes this failure to the top-down nature of Swedish policies aimed at commercializing these innovations as well as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281346
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Designing efficient institutions for science-based entrepreneurship: Lessons from the US and Sweden
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281352
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Is neoclassical economics still entrepreneurless?
Bianchi, Milo; Henrekson, Magnus - 2005
We review and evaluate some recent contributions on the modeling of entrepreneurship within a neoclassical framework, analyzing how and to what extent the fundamental ingredients suggested in the social science literature were captured. We show how these approaches are important in stressing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281398
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On the relationship between innovation and performance: A sensitivity analysis
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - 2001
The objective of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of the estimated relationship between innovation and firm … different classifications of innovation. The analyses are performed in both level and growth rate dimensions. The overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281410
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On the Relationship between Innovation and Performance: A sensitivity Analysis
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001
The objective of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of the estimated relationship between innovation and firm … different classifications of innovation. The analyses are performed in both level and growth rate dimensions. The overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190850
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Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level Innovation Study
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000
econometric methods to extensive data on innovation and innovative activities in Swedish manufacturing. Knowledge capital, defined … as the ratio of innovation sales to total sales, is found to be a significant factor contributing to the performance …. Third, knowledge capital rises with innovation input per employee. Fourth, profitability is important for the willingness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649144
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Demand vs. Supply Driven Innovations: US and Swedish Experiences in Academic Entrepreneurship
Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001
Measured by per-capita publication measures, Sweden is an academic powerhouse. Hence, its inability to commercialize on these accomplishments is a puzzle. This paper attributes this failure to the top-down nature of Swedish policies aimed at commercializing these innovations as well as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649185
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Is Neoclassical Economics still Entrepreneurless?
Bianchi, Milo; Henrekson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2005
We review and evaluate some recent contributions on the modeling of entrepreneurship within a neoclassical framework, analyzing how and to what extent the fundamental ingredients suggested in the social science literature were captured. We show how these approaches are important in stressing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649232