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 …

This paper investigates how far in space university knowledge goes to breed the creation of knowledge knowledge …-intensive firms (KIFs), depending on the nature (codified or tacit) and quality of this knowledge. We consider the impact of knowledge … codified in academic patents and scientific publications and tacit knowledge embodied in university graduates on KIF creation …