/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 …

Knowledge flows from universities to the regional economy can take different forms ranging from formal research … collaborations to consultancy and informal personal connections. One of the knowledge communication channels drawing substantial …-offs and rarely considers the specificities of university entrepreneurship most notably the role of scientists as entrepreneurs …

This paper investigates regional sources of entrepreneurial opportunities of knowledge-intensive start-up activity …. Thereby it is investigated whether it makes a difference if the knowledge-intensive sector is a newly emerging industry … knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in East and West Germany in the 1990s. At the time of German re-unification in 1990 …

determine start-up activity. Not much is known about what drives entrepreneurship in unstable environments characterized by … talent into productive entrepreneurship is higher in areas abundantly endowed with individuals who have a relatively high … that pre- dates socialism. How institutional context affects entrepreneurship over the course of transition is reflected by …

technological knowledge across regions affect the propensity of early-stage entrepreneurs to be export-oriented. Based on Spanish … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …). However, our paper adds to the extant literature on international entrepreneurship by analyzing the role of FDI at individual …

differences in scientific knowledge creation. I use data on the prevalence of specific allele variants of the human DRD4 exon III … relationship to scientific knowledge creation in society. The results suggest a positive and statistically significant linear … facilitates scientific knowledge creation through beneficial human behaviors related to risk-taking and explorative behavior. The …