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Relating entrepreneurship to economic growth

Karlsson, Charlie; Friis, Christian; Paulsson, Thomas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

The entrepreneur is an elusive character in economic theory due to the difficulty of providing an accurate description. It appears impossible to produce a single definition of entrepreneurship and most theoretical approaches yield operational difficulties. By the same token, most operational...

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Key Characteristics of the Small Innovative Firm

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

innovation activities captured by patent applications, firm characteristics, international trade and the regional milieu. …

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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the gap between industrial dynamics and growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy … framework must include tax policy, labor market regulation, savings channeling, competition policy, housing market regulation …

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Josh Lerner: Recipient of the 2010 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Parker, Simon - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010

venture capital, innovation and entrepreneurship has greatly extended and improved our understanding of one of the major … and organization of the venture capital industry. Later, his most important publications on entrepreneurship, innovation …

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Towards a Dynamic Theory for the Spatial Knowledge Economy

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

In recent decades the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy. For example, the evolution in recent decades of the developed economies has been accompanied by a regional shift in economic activity away from traditional industrial regions to new agglomerations of high...

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A Portrait of the Innovative Firm as a Small Patenting Entrepreneur

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

innovation activities, as evidenced by patent applications. Interestingly, when controlling for firm attributes we do not find …

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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Dynamism: Lessons from a Comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the economy. Particular …

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The Evolving Domain of Entrepreneurship Research

Carlsson, Bo; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; McKelvey, Maureen; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

Research on entrepreneurship has flourished in recent years and is evolving rapidly. This paper explores the history of entrepreneurship research, how the research domain has evolved, and its current status as an academic field. The need to concretize these issues stems partly from a general...

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Start-Ups and Employment Growth - Evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Noseleit, Florian - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

We use longitudinal data over a decade on start-ups and employment in Swedish regions and analyze the effect of start-ups on subsequent employment growth. We extend previous analyses by examining the influence of regional start-ups in a sector on regional employment growth in the same sector and...

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