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A theoretical analysis of the role of social networks in entrepreneurship

Leyden, Dennis P.; Link, Albert N.; Siegel, Donald S. - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 7, pp. 1157-1163

Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …

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Coming back home after the sun rises: Returnee entrepreneurs and growth of high tech industries

Kenney, Martin; Breznitz, Dan; Murphree, Michael - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 391-407

Recently, the role of returnees in the economic development of various East Asian nations has received much attention. The early literature on the relocation of the most highly trained individuals from a developing nation to a developed nation viewed the phenomena as a “brain drain.” Since...

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Self-employment and innovation. Exploring the determinants of innovative behavior in small businesses

Romero, Isidoro; Martínez-Román, Juan A. - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 178-189

This paper explores the determinants of innovation in small businesses from a survey of more than 700 self … and two types of innovation – product and process innovation – were differentiated. …

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Research, development, and firm growth. Empirical evidence from European top R&D spending firms

García-Manjón, Juan V.; Romero-Merino, M. Elena - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 6, pp. 1084-1092

Following recent literature, we present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment as one of the main mechanisms of growth. Our study evidences a positive effect of R&D intensity on the sales growth by using OLS, quantile regressions, and GMM system estimators for a sample of 754...

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Understanding innovation: An analysis of persistence for Spanish manufacturing firms

Triguero, Ángela; Córcoles, David - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 340-352

This study focuses on the persistence of innovation in a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 1990 …–2008. In particular, we analyse whether persistence in firms’ innovation activities over time is the result of previous … innovation (output) are highly persistent at the firm level. After controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and initial …

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The effects of R&D tax credits on patenting and innovations

Cappelen, Ådne; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 2, pp. 334-345

other firms are more likely to be successful in their innovation activities. However, the scheme does not appear to …

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R&D drivers and age: Are young firms different?

García-Quevedo, José; Pellegrino, Gabriele; … - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 9, pp. 1544-1556

of innovation. …

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A comparison of bioenergy policies and institutional frameworks in the rural areas of Emilia Romagna and Norway

Cavicchi, Bianca; Bryden, John M.; Vittuari, Matteo - In: Energy Policy 67 (2014) C, pp. 355-363

This paper explores the relationship between bioenergy, rural development and related innovation processes in two case … bioenergy innovation. Regional innovation systems theory is used to explain the results emerging from the case studies and to … identify the presence of potential elements for innovation. We used policy and relevant literature analysis and a grounded …

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Mulching upland rice for efficient water management: A collaborative approach in Benin

Totin, Edmond; Stroosnijder, Leo; Agbossou, Euloge - In: Agricultural Water Management 125 (2013) C, pp. 71-80

Since the 2007 food crisis, the Government of Benin has created enabling conditions that urge small scale farmers to intensify rice production in inland valleys. Unsuitable irrigation infrastructures and lack of willingness to act collectively has led farmers to complain about water shortage....

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The anatomy of emergence, with a focus upon capital formation

Harper, David A.; Endres, Anthony M. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 2, pp. 352-367

Emergence is a unifying theme of both evolutionary economics and complex systems theory. In spite of this centrality, emergence in economics has not been subject to an extensive critical analysis. This paper remedies this deficit. We identify several conditions that economic patterns (i.e....

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