opportunity by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. The basic argument is that knowledge created … endogenously via R&D results in knowledge spillovers. Such spillovers give rise to opportunities to be identified and exploited by … entrepreneurs. Our results show that there is a strong relationship between knowledge spillovers and new venture creation. …

Discusses the role of globalization and the knowledge based economy as causes of increased entrepreneurship and … toward knowledge-based economic activity. Furthermore, knowledge-based jobs cannot easily be relocated to less advanced parts … of the world. Entrepreneurship is essential to developing this comparative advantage. Because knowledge-based economic …

/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …