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The Schumpeterian entrepreneur : a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behavior, and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn; Fisch, Christian; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016
Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike. Oftentimes, however, the debate is not sufficiently grounded on solid empirical evidence. The academic literature is growing but very...
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Entrepreneurship - Methodische Herausforderungen einer jungen Forschungsdisziplin
Schuster, Charlotte Leonie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Even if today's successful companies operating in the market were start-ups at some time, so far, no consensus could be found, if entrepreneurship is to be understood as an independent research discipline. Should entrepreneurship have its own theory based on generally accepted assumptions and...
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Growth through heterogeneous innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2013
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148199
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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development : a Southern European perspective
Petrakos, Giōrgos; Skayannis, Pantoleon; Papadoulis, … - In: Drivers of innovation, entrepreneurship and regional …, (pp. 81-103). 2011
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Social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship
Espina, Maritza I. (ed.); Phan, Phillip Hin Choi (ed.);  … - 2018
The rapid and formative rise in research on social innovation and entrepreneurship means that theoretical frameworks …: competition and coopetition in a dynamic environment; PART III: SOCIAL INNOVATION PROCESSES; 7 Social entrepreneurs and field … social innovation; 9 Social innovation: combining profits and progress; PART IV: THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL INNOVATION; 10 …
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Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2010
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674319
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012
. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Ownership ; Breakthrough ; Quality …
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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth : An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William - 2014
Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly with employment growth across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near...
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth : An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William - 2015
We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in industries, like steel, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040278