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A Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Social Networks in Entrepreneurship
Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N.; Siegel, Donald S. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013
Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990965
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Evidence from SMEs in Prishtina region, Kosovo
Govori, Arbiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … strategic knowledge management and in the literature of organizational learning. Innovation needs a business environment that is … conducive to long-term investments in new business activities. This way, the development of innovation policy in SMEs forms an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111092
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The EU Framework Programs: Are they worth doing?
Dekker, Ronald; kleinknecht, A.H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using CIS data from the Netherlands, Germany and France we test whether EU Framework programs do have effects on their participants' R&D input and innovative output. From our Heckman selection equations, we conclude that the FPs attract the "elite" of European innovators. The question is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786904
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Playing in Invisible Markets: Innovations in the Market for Toilets to Harness the Economic Power of the Poor
Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Today about 41% of the global population or about 2.6 billion people do not have access to toilets and about 42,000 people die every week due to drinking water polluted with faecal matter. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856443
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Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Allen, Stuart Douglas; Layson, Stephen K.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012
This paper presents a systematic analysis of the net economic benefits associated with the Small Business Innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650904
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Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms
Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011
We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351114
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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: An Exploratory Look
Bradley, Samantha R.; Hayter, Christopher S.; Link, … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013
infrastructure in the United States, and they are important as a possible element of our national innovation system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840004
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Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher; Siegel, Donald S. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012
There is great interest in evaluating the impact of private equity investments on innovation and economic growth …. However, there is no direct empirical evidence on the effects of such transactions on the innovation strategies of … Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program research awards. We find that SBIR firms attracting private equity investments are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840013
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (2011) 3, pp. 13-34
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377980
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - 2011
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424135