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Universities and Innovation in Space
Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - In: Industry and Innovation 14 (2007) 2, pp. 201-218
We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of … pure size is unimportant. Therefore, a policy that wants to promote regional innovation processes by building up … effects of universities to be concentrated in space. Obviously, the geographical proximity to particular knowledge sources is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005495818
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Balanced Skills and the City: An Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Skill Balance, Thickness and Innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884449
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Occupational Choice and Self-Employment - Are They Related?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The findings suggest that the occupational choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884450
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Top Research Productivity and Its Persistence: Gender as a Double-Edged Sword
Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 1, pp. 273-285
The paper contributes to the debate on top performance in research productivity, its persistence over time, and the impact of gender. It uses a panel data set comprising the publications of all biomedical and exact scientists at the University of Leuven in the period 1992 to 2001. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009979
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Stepping Forward: Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958132
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Occupational Choice and Self-Employment: Are They Related?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The findings suggest that the occupational choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896269
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Stepping Forward: Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784008
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Top Research Productivity and its Persistence
Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The paper contributes to the debate on cumulative advantage effects in academic research by examining top performance in research and its persistence over time, using a panel dataset comprising the publications of biomedical and exact scientists at the KU Leuven in the period 1992-2001. We study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136709
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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007665
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Stepping Forward: Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602468