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What turns knowledge into innovative products? : the role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers
Block, Jörn; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Zhou, Haibo - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 23 (2013) 4, pp. 693-718
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793009
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Jörn - 2013
entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation …-to-the-market innovation but has no effect on the relationship between knowledge and new-to-the-firm innovation. Our results using European … chances that knowledge will become new-to-the-market innovation. The findings highlight the importance of Schumpeterian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095638
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I can't get no satisfaction : necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Block, Jörn; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new insights about the motivations and goals of nascent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376664
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence, however, is difficult since it is considered to be an endogenous variable. This study accounts for this endogeneity by using an instrumental variables approachand a data set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379198
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Determinanten des Erfolgs staatlich geförderter Existenzgründungen : eine empirische Untersuchung
Sandner, Philipp; Block, Jörn; Lutz, Andreas - 2007
Ein Großteil der Neugründungen in Deutschland ist auf staatliche Förderung von Existenzgründern zurückzuführen. Dieser Anteil hat sich nach Einführung des als "Ich-AG" bekannten Existenzgründungszuschusses Anfang 2003 stark erhöht. Die Erfolgsfaktorenforschung hat diese Form von...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442174
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Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs and their duration in self-employment : evidence from German micro data
Block, Jörn; Sandner, Philipp - 2007
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442177
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380037
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826247
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Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs and their duration in self-employment : evidence from German micro data
Block, Jörn; Sandner, Philipp - 2009 - Version of October 2006
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635111
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Education and Entrepreneurial Choice : An Instrumental Variables Analysis
Block, Jörn - 2013
Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence, however, is difficult since it is considered to be an endogenous variable. This study accounts for this endogeneity by using an instrumental variables approach and a data set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095571