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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is …
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R&D strategies and entrepreneurial spawning
Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 54-68
This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. When examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies, three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...
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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 … for the period 2000–2006, the following facts emerge: (i) in contrast to larger firms, innovation in micro firms with 1 … innovation among micro firms compared to other firms, (iii) affiliation to a domestically owned multinational enterprise group …
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more pro-entrepreneurial policies....
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988933
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Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects - But Still Not Risky Enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Entrepreneurs face higher commercialization costs than incumbents. We show that this implies that entrepreneurs will choose more risky projects than incumbents, aiming to reduce their high expected marginal commercialization cost. However, entrepreneurs may select too safe projects from a social...
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Entrepreneurship policy and globalization
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Douhan, Robin - In: Journal of Development Economics 110 (2014) C, pp. 22-38
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies? We study entrepreneurial policy in the form of entry costs in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011065943