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Determinants of fast-growing SMEs' concentration in the Russian regions
Zemtsov, Stepan; Barinova, Vera; Sorokina, Alla - 2015
exogenous factors (Delmar, Davidsson, Gartner, 2003). In our work we assume that regional innovation performance (as a share of … correlation between the share of high-growth companies in regions and indicators of regional innovation performance: number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480851
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University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growths
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - 2014
This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428152
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The interplay of human and social capital in entrepreneurship in developing countries: The case of Uganda
Rooks, Gerrit; Szirmai, Adam; Sserwanga, Arthur - 2009
, gestation activities and innovative performance. The paper focuses in particular on the interplay of human and social capital in … determining entrepreneurial performance. A prominent question in the literature is whether human capital and social capital act as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273510
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The growth and human capital atructure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576100
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567399
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The interplay of human and social capital in shaping entrepreneurial performance : the case of Vietnam
Santarelli, Enrico; Hien Thu Tran - 2012
This study investigates the effects of human capital, social capital and their interaction on the performance of 1 … new-firm performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731226
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Employment growth in newly established firms : is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?
Müller, Kathrin - 2009
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881345
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Employment Growth in Newly Established Firms - Is There Evidence for Academic Entrepreneur's Human Capital Depreciation?
Mueller, Kathrin - 2013
This paper contributes to the literature of academic entrepreneurship by investigating the effect of a possible depreciation of academic knowledge after leaving the university. The possibility of a person's human capital depreciation has up to now mainly been used to explain forgone earnings due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202261
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IPOs, Human Capital, and Labor Reallocation
Babina, Tania - 2020
How does access to public equity markets affect real outcomes? We examine the human capital of IPO-filing firms and how going public affects their labor force. While IPO-filing firms have high average wages and limited industrial diversification, a success-ful IPO increases departures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855883
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Fewer and Less Skilled? Human Capital, Competition, and Entrepreneurial Success in Manufacturing
Ayyagari, Meghana - 2018
We use micro data on skills to analyze the human capital of entrepreneurial and incumbent plants in U.S. manufacturing over 2005-2013. We find a large drop in cognitive skills in entrepreneurial plants. This has long-term implications since initial cognitive skills at the plant level predict...
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