entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … 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 …

entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … 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 …

entrepreneurship and economic growth literatures by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Knowledge created … endogenously results in knowledge spillovers that give rise to opportunities to be identified and exploited by entrepreneurs. …

innovation output, as measured by firm patent applications. The effect is particularly strong for knowledge workers that have … application data, we provide new evidence that knowledge workers’ mobility has a positive and strongly significant impact on firm … previously worked in a patenting firm (the learning-by-hiring effect), but firms losing a knowledge worker are also shown to …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting … output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public … departments, German Science Foundation (DFG), and from other sources. The contribution of these knowledge sources is tested …

Setting up an innovative new firm is a way of commercializing knowledge. The paper gives an overview of the extent of … new firm formation in knowledge intensive and in innovative German industries and their development. The founding of a new …

The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge … and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does … not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link is the mechanism converting knowledge into economically relevant …

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 …