the regional innovator network, promoting region-specific knowledge spillovers. Two data bases are applied. First, patent …

This paper analyzes how different innovation-strategies of incumbent firms affect the quality of their entrepreneurial … spawns. Using a novel data set that combines employer-employee micro data from Sweden with firm level patent application data … files for the period 1997-2008, three types of incumbent firms are distinguished: firms that are engaged in innovation …

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

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

This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We apply this theory … innovations. Furthermore, it leads to strategic duplication of the entrant's innovation by the incumbent. These negative … innovation effects of restrictive acquisition policy have to be weighed against the pro-competitive effects of preserving …

This article tests the hypothesis that entrepreneurs' confidence in innovation has a positive effect on their … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, GEM. An organizational innovation confidence index is constructed from three questions … their daily work, and use new products and services that will improve their working life. Innovation is measured by two …

This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We apply this theory … innovations. Furthermore, it leads to strategic duplication of the entrant's innovation by the incumbent. These negative … innovation effects of restrictive acquisition policy have to be weighed against the pro-competitive effects of preserving …