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Anti-takeover Provisions as a Source of Innovation and Value Creation
Humphery-Jenner, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
Managers are risk averse. Excessive risk-aversion can destroy shareholder wealth. A key source of risk is the threat of an opportunistic takeover designed to take advantage of depressed market prices. This is especially the case in innovative or hard-to-value (`HtV') companies whose price may be...
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Small business innovation: firm level evidence from Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 5, pp. 732-754
This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external determinants of patenting. Applying a non-linear panel data approach to about 160,000 observations on manufacturing firms in Sweden for the period 2000–2006, the following facts...
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Parting the ivory curtain: understanding how universities support a diverse set of startups
Shah, Sonali; Pahnke, Emily - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 5, pp. 780-792
entrepreneurial ventures cultivated within their walls. To date, most research has focused on academic entrepreneurship—new ventures … contribution of modern universities. We propose a framework for understanding the full scope of university entrepreneurship and its … resources required to foster entrepreneurship from within the ivory tower. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York …
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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing
Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528
(Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … achieved through a purposeless quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship, and … entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to economic growth, but to life satisfaction as well. This essay discusses topics in …
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries: company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Mueller, Elisabeth - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 4, pp. 871-889
This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledge-intensive industries differ from companies of native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, company survival and innovative performance. I focus on immigrants from the “recruitment countries” of south...
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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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Growing out of the crisis: hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-23
L2, L26, O3, O4. </AbstractSection> Copyright Herrmann and Kritikos; licensee Springer. 2013
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014
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What turns knowledge into innovative products? The role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers
Block, Joern; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Haibo - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 693-718
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of … entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into new …
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Investigating the Effects of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Considering the Merits of Marketing and Innovation Capability (Case Study: Isfahan Province A...
Dalvi, Mohammad Reza; Ahangaran, Akram Gholami - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 4 (2014) 3, pp. 75-93
The purpose of this study is "investigating the effects of entrepreneurship and sustainable competitive advantage by … entrepreneurship of competitive advantage has a significant relationship in Isfahan Province appliances companies. …
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