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Westlund, Hans; Rader Olsson, Amy; Larsson, Johan P. - 2011

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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Local rates of new firm formation : an empirical exploration using Swedish data

Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019

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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Universities in crisis? : new challenges and strategies in two English city-regions

Charles, David; Kitagawa, Fumi; Uyarra, Elvira - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 7 (2014) 2, pp. 327-348

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The reform of English higher education : universities in global, national and regional contexts

Scott, Peter - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 7 (2014) 2, pp. 217-231

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Regional public research, higher education, and innovative start-ups : an empirical investigation

Aamoucke, Ronney; Fritsch, Michael - 2013

Based on detailed information about the regional knowledge base, particularly about universities, we find that regional …

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Mission impossible? : entrepreneurial universities and peripheral regional innovation systems

Brown, Ross - In: Industry and innovation 23 (2016) 2, pp. 189-205

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Education premium and the compound impact of universities on their regional economy

Janzen, Katrin; Panitz, Robert; Glückler, Johannes - In: Research policy : policy, management and economic … 51 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11

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Universities' foundation and regional development

Noseleit, Florian; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2010

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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Human capital, good government and economic development : evidence from Italian provinces

Amendola, Adalgiso; Barra, Cristian; Zotti, Roberto - 2020 - This version: September 2020

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Universities as facilitators of sustainable regional development : the role of knowledge, leadership and governance

Sedlacek, Sabine - 2010

The question of how universities do stimulate regional economic development is mainly inquired in studies focusing on … innovation and entrepreneurship. In these studies universities are seen as important actors within regional innovation systems … (RIS). Within these RIS universities fulfill besides their training and education (human capital) function a knowledge …

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