We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the … commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees … complementarities between technical and business skills within the group of founders, but that there are significant complementarities …

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned …

We extend Lazear’s theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the … commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned …

businesses in this respect. -- agglomeration ; balanced skills ; entrepreneurship ; thick markets ; urban diversity … happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between … balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory measure relates to performance. Specifically, we test and find support …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees … complementarities between technical and business skills within the group of founders, but that there are significant complementarities …

growth and convergence of an economy towards the world technology frontier. -- Growth ; skills ; innovation ; selection …We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and … respects. Entrepreneurs in our model dispose of two different skills (technological and systemic skills) and we are able to …

entrepreneurs using a rich data set on the applied skills of individuals. This data set allows us to construct an indicator that … of different business sizes and entrepreneurs. Finally, the estimated returns to balanced skills are largest for … balancing skills at lower skill levels and income, indicating that both dimensions - skill level and skill scope - are relevant …

Previous empirical studies have shown that solo entrepreneurs benefit from having balanced skills: Jacks … ventures together in teams. In this paper we test whether the effect of more balanced skills is also positive in a team of … entrepreneurs. We also explore whether (a lack of) individual balanced skills can be substituted by combining the skills of various …