domestic entry in the form of spinoffs, and the availability of bank credit. <br>This thesis, for the most part, utilizes the …

of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing that high equilibrium acquisition prices are driven by … acquisition relative to entry. A policy enforcing strict compatibility leads to more entry, but can be counterproductive by …

. Recent studies across innovative industries suggestthat explosive cluster growth is associated with the entry and success of … innovation creates more opportunities for spinoff entry and drives a region’s growth. …

In industries with network effects, incumbents' installed bases create barriers to entry that discourage entrepreneurs … from developing new innovations. Yet, entry is not the only commercialization route for entrepreneurs. We show that the … not necessarily restrict the innovation incentives and that network effects promote acquisitions over entry. …

). In an entry/acquisition game, we allow the potential entrant in a vertically differentiated market to offer a variant …

the firms’ post-entry development. Nevertheless, few existing studies are dealing with questions of entrepreneurship in … the KIBS sector using micro firm data. This contribution gives an empirical analysis of the determinants of post-entry …-Classification: D21, J23, L80, O30 Keywords: Employment growth; Entrepreneurship; Entry; Innovation; Knowledge-intensive business …

empirical analysis of the determinants of post-entry performance of KIBS. The results of the estimation of firm growth equations …

This paper takes a different perspective toward the escape entry incentive of incumbent firms to innovate. New entrants … endogeneity, we apply an IV approach to analyze a rich industry-level dataset (19872000) for Germany. We find evidence that entry …