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Localized Competition in the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship
Plummer, Lawrence - 2012
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship predicts that entrepreneurial activity is greater in regions with … more knowledge conditional on the commercialization efficiency of incumbents, which limits entrepreneurial discovery. We … new knowledge. We test this conjecture using spatial panel estimation. We find a positive relationship between new …
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment
Acs, Zoltan J. - 2014
We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to … examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709252
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Start-up complexity and the thickness of regional input markets
Dohse, Dirk; Vaona, Andrea - 2013
Although there is a large and rapidly growing literature on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation, relatively little is known about the interrelation between the characteristics of start-up firms and urban structure. It is only recently that scholars of urban economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761961
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The entrepreneurial rent : the value of and compensation for entrepreneurship
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2016
short or medium run. Entrepreneurial rents arise when successful entrepreneurship is exercised and entrepreneurial firms … successful entrepreneurship cannot be taxed harshly without affecting entrepreneurs' willingness to supply effort. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489999
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Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Colombo, Luca - 2013
This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the implications that complementary assets needed for the formation of start-ups - proxied by the ease of access to financial resources - have on the innovative efforts of incumbent firms. In particular, we develop a theoretical model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083680
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Creative Destruction and Productivity : Entrepreneurship by Type, Sector and Sequence
Andersson, Martin - 2017
function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity.Findings – The analysis finds support for positive … productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect varies over time, what the authors refer to as a … regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms.Originality/value – The paper employs a firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953328
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The interaction of Schumpeterian institutional entrepreneurship and Hayekian institutional change in innovative industries
Henrekson, Magnus; Lakomaa, Erik; Sanandaji, Tino - 2021
the higher rates of entrepreneurship observed in common law countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660131
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Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Colombo, Luca - 2015
This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the implications that complementary assets needed for the formation of start-ups – proxied by the ease of access to financial resources – have on the innovative efforts of incumbent firms. In particular, we develop a theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035752
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Exploring the knowledge filter : how entrepreneurship and university-industry relations drive economic growth
Mueller, Pamela (contributor) - 2005
hypotheses that entrepreneurship and university-industry relations are vehicles for knowledge flows and, thus, spur economic … growth. -- Regional growth ; regional development ; Knowledge ; Entrepreneurship ; university-industry relations …Knowledge is recognized as a crucial element of economic growth in addition to physical capital and labor. Knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376197
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The Use of Knowledge in Technology Entrepreneurship : A Theoretical Foundation
Sobel, Russell S. - 2017
While technology entrepreneurship has been widely recognized as a driver of economic growth, there exists little in the … way of a unified framework for understanding technology entrepreneurship and assessing its value proposition, particularly … identify the components that form a foundation for understanding modern technology entrepreneurship. In particular, technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950494