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Entrepreneurship in Relation to the Competitive Potential and Position of Economies

Gawel, Aleksandra - In: Theory Methodology Practice (TMP) 10 (2014), pp. 9-20

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of entrepreneurship on the competitiveness of regional economies … effects. Empirical confirmation was obtained for the first hypothesis, which assumed a positive impact of entrepreneurship on …) on the competitive potential of a region. The issue of the impact of entrepreneurship on the competitive position of a …

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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey

Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013

entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show … (where respondents interpret the self-evaluation scale in different ways) between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, and …

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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: An Exploratory Look

Bradley, Samantha R.; Hayter, Christopher S.; Link, … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

In this paper we identify the population of 32 U.S. university-related Proof of Concept Centers (PoCCs), and we present a model of technology development that identifies the economic role of PoCCs within that model. We examine the broad technology transfer challenges that PoCCs have been...

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Gender Differences in Access to Private Investment Funding to Support the Development of New Technologies

Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N.; Bradley, Samantha R.; … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

Our descriptive analysis of a random sample of businesses that received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards shows that female-owned businesses are disadvantaged, compared to male-owned businesses, in their ability to attract alternative investment funding to...

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Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher; Siegel, Donald S. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012

There is great interest in evaluating the impact of private equity investments on innovation and economic growth. However, there is no direct empirical evidence on the effects of such transactions on the innovation strategies of entrepreneurial firms. We fill this gap by examining a rich...

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Bending the Arc of Innovation: Public Support of R&D in Small, Entrepreneurial Firms

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our...

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U.S. Research Joint Ventures with International Partners

Allen, Stuart Douglas; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

In the United States, as in most industrialized nations, aggregate technological advancement declined during the 1970s and early 1980s. The U.S. Congress was quick to respond to this down turn by passing a number of technology- and innovation-related initiatives, one of which was the National...

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Public R&D Subsidies, Outside Private Support, and Employment Growth

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

In the aftermath of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the employment effects of public subsidies have been scrutinized because of new emphasis on public accountability and transparency. In this paper we investigate conditions in which public subsidies of research...

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Differentials in Property Rights in a two sector-economy

Caruso, Raul - Network of European Peace Scientists - NEPS - 2012

This paper presents a two-sector economy. In a contested sector two agents struggle to appropriate the maximum possible fraction of a contestable output. In an uncontested sector uncontested sector, they hold secure property rights over the production of some goods. Agents split their resource...

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Do government private subsidies crowd out entrepreneurship?

Islam, Islam , Asif - In: European Economic Letters 3 (2014) 1, pp. 22-25

Although several studies have found a negative relationship between government spending and entrepreneurship, much … literature by specifically exploring the relationship between government private subsidies and entrepreneurship. By combining … macro-economic government spending data with individual level entrepreneurship data, we find a negative association between …

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