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Why Are Some Entrepreneurs More Innovative Than Others?

Koellinger, Philipp - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

The study provides theoretical insights and empirical evidence on the emergence of different types and degrees of entrepreneurial innovativeness. The results suggest that entrepreneurial innovativeness depends both on individual factors and on the environment in which the individual lives. In...

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How do judgmental overconfidence and overoptimism shape innovative activity?

Herz, Holger; Schunk, Daniel; Zehnder, Christian - In: Games and Economic Behavior 83 (2014) C, pp. 1-23

that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In … innovative activity. While overoptimism is positively associated with innovation, judgmental overconfidence is negatively linked … to innovation. Our results indicate that future research is well advised to take into account that the relationship …

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Playing in Invisible Markets: Innovations in the Market for Toilets to Harness the Economic Power of the Poor

Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Today about 41% of the global population or about 2.6 billion people do not have access to toilets and about 42,000 people die every week due to drinking water polluted with faecal matter. The...

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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: an exploratory look

Bradley, Samantha; Hayter, Christopher; Link, Albert - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 4, pp. 349-381

infrastructure in the United States, and they are important as a possible element of our national innovation system. Copyright …

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Chinese technology transfer policy: the case of the national independent innovation demonstration zone of East Lake

Huang, Yongming; Audretsch, David; Hewitt, Megan - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 6, pp. 828-835

This paper analyzes the technology transfer policies that are being developed to reduce the regional disparities in economic growth in China. In particular, these technology transfer policies focus on increasing the innovative activity in central China, in order to spur economic development and...

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Entrepreneurship and innovation: public policy frameworks

Audretsch, David; Link, Albert - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 1, pp. 1-17

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Ready to leave the ivory tower?: Academic scientists’ appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 3, pp. 271-296

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Patents, knowledge spillovers, and entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltan; Sanders, Mark - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 4, pp. 801-817

development (R&D) and generate new knowledge. This new knowledge has a positive effect on entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth …

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Partnering with universities: a good choice for nanotechnology start-up firms?

Wang, Jue; Shapira, Philip - In: Small Business Economics 38 (2012) 2, pp. 197-215

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Leveraging entrepreneurship through private investments: does gender matter?

Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 2, pp. 199-210

transition of the technology developed under the sponsorship of the SBIR program to an innovation to enter the market. We find …

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