This contribution discusses a theory of entrepreneurship, its empirical base, and its implications. First, it argues … that a psychological approach is necessary to understand entrepreneurship. Second, it argues that any theory of … entrepreneurship should use active actions as a starting point — entrepreneurship is the epitome of an active agent in the market …

highlights several essential steps in creating a favorable environment for innovation and growth. …

hypothesized propositions and a simple framework of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competencies. The outcomes of such an …

growing firm. Our Austrian theories can interpret the expansion strategies of the firm through imitation, joint ventures and …

frontier? This paper models agents growing as a result of investments in innovation and imitation. Imitation facilitates … technology diffusion, with the productivity of imitation modeled by a catch-up function that increases with distance to the …

The main objective of this empirical paper is to identify characteristics of imitation and innovation and shed light on … different types of innovating firms show that an innovation performance hierarchy exists ranking from occasional innovators …

known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. … affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and …We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the … research institutions enhance original innovation. …