Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of … are immigrants. We utilize the Annual Business Survey to quantify the greater rates of patenting and innovation in …

indicator at the firm level, while principal component analysis is used to construct a digital capability index that draws …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth …-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth …-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … of countries' political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three … institutions for technologies rather than for industries, we reveal important growth opportunities for developing countries and …

This paper sheds light on the questions, Why does knowledge spill over? and How does knowledge spill over? The answer … knowledge considered in the context of their path-dependent career trajectories. In particular, we focus on the ability of … scientists to appropriate the value of knowledge embedded in their human capital along with the incentive structure influencing …

innovation in an emerging market, where formal institutions (e.g., regulations and markets) and informal institutions (e …How can venture capital (VC) firms transform a weak innovation ecosystem into a productive and robust one? While the … literature has found VC firms' catalyst role in innovation in developed markets, we know little about whether and how they affect …

innovative enterprise provides the essential analytical link between entrepreneurship and development. Section 2 offers, as a … entrepreneurship in knowledge intensive industries has depended heavily upon a combination of business allocation of resources to … the economic system to contribute to the process of economic development. -- entrepreneurship ; innovative enterprise …

In this second version of this working paper, Emile Loza discusses the need to conceptualize innovation as a market … innovation and improve the sustainability of innovators. She addresses entrepreneurs as those market actors who drive innovation … inefficient and ineffective operation of innovation markets and, ultimately, to their lack of sustainability. From the most recent …