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Innovation, Imitation and Entrepreneurship
Yong, Grace; Ho, Kong Weng - 2013
This paper analyzes the gradual shift in the technological paradigm of an economy as it approaches the world technology frontier. The model developed in this paper consists of firms which employ skilled workers as an important input in technological advancement, but the novel feature here is the...
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A spatial related note on entrepreneurship and economic growth
Klarl, Torben - 2011 - This version: June 6, 2011
A large and still growing body of literature suggests that entrepreneurship is of exceptional importance in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549400
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The process of creative construction : knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship and economic growth
Agarwal, Rajshree (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652334
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Individual and structural influences on the entrepreneurial activities of academics
Bijedić, Teita; Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; … - 2016
, chair in entrepreneurship or awards for academic entrepreneurship) and (iii) network relationships simultaneously affect the … likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurial activities (nascent entrepreneurship) in academia. Using unique data collected from 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573488
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Share to scare : technology sharing in the absence of intellectual property rights
Jansen, Jos - 2009
I study the incentives of Cournot duopolists to share their technologies with their competitor in markets where intellectual property rights are absent and imitation is costless. The trade-off between a signaling effect and an expropriation effect determines the technology-sharing incentives. In...
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Jörn - 2013
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of … entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095638
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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation
Persson, Lars - 2013
Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering ‘breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091094
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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation
Haufler, Andreas - 2014
In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government …
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment
Acs, Zoltan J. - 2014
We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to … examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709252
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Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2019
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between highand low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using...
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