innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their …

innovation as well as the project's feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their …

exploration that would otherwise accrue to the entrepreneurs. Stronger patent protection will increase the incentive to do R&D and … generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further … strengthening patent protection will reduce the returns to entrepreneurship sufficiently to reduce overall economic growth. …

This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of … native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on …. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native …

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract … British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate … analysis, we find that in the presence of patent applications, VC financing occurs earlier. Our results also show that VCs pay …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

well-functioning innovation system connecting research output with the demand of entrepreneurs and high-tech start-ups in …, most of them however working abroad. The central problem is the lack of an innovation-oriented industry structure and of a …-added, the country has the opportunity to transform into an innovation-driven economy. …

entrepreneurship, this study investigates whether potential and revealed entrepreneurs are more likely to seek competition than non-entrepreneurs …. We provide a conceptual framework that links entrepreneurship to three facets of individual competitiveness drawn from … economic, entrepreneurship, and psychological research: a desire to win, striving for personal development, and an enjoyment of …

The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on … typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements …