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The current empirical entrepreneurship literature mainly shows a positive correlation between entrepreneurship (measured as the number of startups) and economic growth. However, the mechanisms by which entrepreneurship exerts its positive influence are not obvious. The net result of startups on...
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We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...
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This paper analyses the causal relationships in regional technological systems within a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) framework. Applying a data-driven identification strategy based on Independent Component Analysis, it shows how the regional growth dynamics of economic, research,...
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Based on detailed information about the regional knowledge base, particularly about universities, we find that regional …
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In the theoretical part of our paper focused on a) The role of the Knowledge / Universities as a leader of … especially on the plan "Athena" of the Ministry of Education, for the restructure / reallocation of the Greek Universities and … case study. In the empirical part of our paper, we are studding the restructure / reallocation of the Greek Universities …
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Universities are assumed to be agents of change. The underlying assumption is that they create new technological … the foundation of universities on structural change in the region. In particular, we use information about the foundation … of universities in West German regions over the period from 1975 to 2002. Structural change in the region is measured by …
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