/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …

general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … indicate that the skill composition has different effects on firm entry in the two countries. More specifically, for Portugal …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …

native and foreign STEM graduates have statistically significant and economically large effects on innovation. Together these … results suggest that policies that increase the stocks of both foreign and native STEM graduates increase innovation and …

We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneur-ship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of im-migrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …

We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of immigrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …

Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms' innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …