We investigate the role played by different fields of academic knowledge and various types of higher education … different indicators for these types of knowledge, the strongest effects are found for the number of professors, followed by the … the regional knowledge stock than the number of students that is most important for the emergence of innovative stat-ups. …

research. The empirical analysis clearly indicates the critical role of industry-specific knowledge plays for new. Hence …, strengthening the regional knowledge base should be a key policy that aims at stimulating entrepreneurship in this sector. …

innovation culture today, evident by higher levels of quantity and quality entrepreneurship and innovation. The data indicate …

classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

innovation activity. …