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Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent

Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs’ human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of...

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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 … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …

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Competitive Advantages from University Research Parks

Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2014

The flow of knowledge from a university research park is not a new theme in the academic domain, but those studies that …-park firms. To place those flows of knowledge in perspective, I compare such in-park firm performance to matched pairs of off … environment created by a university research park confers competitive advantages in the form of new flows of knowledge. …

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A theoretical analysis of the role of social networks in entrepreneurship

Leyden, Dennis P.; Link, Albert N.; Siegel, Donald S. - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 7, pp. 1157-1163

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