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Regional competitiveness, university spillovers, and entrepreneurial activity
Audretsch, David; Hülsbeck, Marcel; Lehmann, Erik - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 587-601
This study examines the impact of regional competitiveness on the innovative activity of entrepreneurial firms. Based on a unique and hand-collected dataset of publicly listed high-technology start-ups and university regions, this paper tests how regional competitiveness and university...
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Entrepreneurial activity and regional competitiveness: an introduction to the special issue
Audretsch, David; Peña-Legazkue, Iñaki - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 531-537
still remains to be investigated on the role played by entrepreneurship in transforming local economies. The set of papers … of a bi-directional relationship between entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness, the papers shed some light on the …
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Historical Perspectives on the Entrepreneur
Hébert, Robert F.; Link, Albert N. - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship 2 (2007) 4, pp. 261-408
the theory of economic development. In addition, there are other conceptions of entrepreneurship presented besides … more wholesome perspective to contemporary writings and teachings on entrepreneurship. The authors review the historical … Schumpeter's. This historical survey also illustrates the tension that often exists between "theory" and "practice." We shall …
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Fostering University‐Industry R&D Collaborations in European Union Countries
Link, Albert N.; Cunningham, James - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014
This paper advances our understanding of university-industry research and development (R&D) collaborations. These strategic relationships are a dimension of entrepreneurial activity, and they are thus important drivers of economic growth and development. Business collaboration with universities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990964
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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 … entrepreneurship increases the probability of entrepreneurial success. The results also lend credence to theories of entrepreneurship …
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND URBAN GROWTH:AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT WITH HISTORICAL MINES
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013
Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly … instrument for our entrepreneurship measures and find a persistent link between entrepreneurship and city employment growth; this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010859538
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Toward a Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process
Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014
This paper models the entrepreneurial process as both creation and discovery composed of an iterative two-step process where entrepreneurs create social networks based on subjective expectations about the future effectiveness of those networks, and then choose the innovation to pursue and map a...
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Agglomeration and innovation
Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2014
Draft chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vols. 5A and 5B This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. They then discuss how...
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Making Sense of the Elusive Paradigm of Entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N.; Donald, Kuratko - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015
The term “entrepreneurship” apparently means different things to different people including scholars and thought … leaders. Because entrepreneurship is multifaceted, it is studied from many different perspectives, yet, that has fostered a … disparities and even contradictions about what is and is not entrepreneurship. Some have suggested a narrower and more defined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273196
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The Gender Gap in Federal and Private Support for Entrepreneurship
Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015
The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender …
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