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Not invented here: Technology licensing, knowledge transfer and innovation based on public research
Bünstorf, Guido; Geissler, Matthias - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften - 2009
Using a new dataset encompassing more than 2,200 inventions made by Max Planck Societyresearchers from 1980 to 2004, we explore how licensee and technology characteristics affectthe licensing and commercialization of technologies from public research. We find noevidence that spin-offs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022149
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Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality:New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Economic Psychology on “Personality and Entrepreneurship”.The contributions are clustered around questions regarding the … entrepreneurship research.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353909
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UNLOCKING PRODUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INAFRICA’S LEAST DEVELOPEDCOUNTRIES
Brixiová, Zuzana - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010
economies depends critically on structural transformation and theemergence of productive entrepreneurship that would accelerate …) constraints and develops a theoreticalframework that examines the main obstacles to entrepreneurship in Africa’s LDCs. The … economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left tomarkets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360486
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs toCreate Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types ofentrepreneurship across …. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in55 countries for 2001-2006, applying a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360546
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth andEntrepreneurship: Theory and Evidencefrom the Introduction of a “Fresh Start”
Fossen, Frank M. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
, lenders may charge higherinterest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of amore … entrepreneurship.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360549
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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity:Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in bothpositively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variablesof social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurswho are permanently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360565
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Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier toEntrepreneurship?
Fairlie, Robert W.; Kapur, Kanika; Gates, Susan - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
limited research on the topic of “entrepreneurship lock” by usingrecent panel data from matched Current Population Surveys. We … ownership in the month individuals turn 65. Our estimatesprovide some evidence that “entrepreneurship lock” exists, which raises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360577
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Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Poschke, Markus - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
relationshipbetween an individual’s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firmsconsistently benefit more from … “entrepreneurship out of necessity” falls with income percapita. The paper also documents, for two of the facts for the first time, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360578
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Shadow Economy and Entrepreneurial Entry
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitordata merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360589
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Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey datataken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360590