Innovation and education : is there a "nerd effect"?

Stefan Goldbach

This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than economists ('nerd effect'). To analyze this question, we examine the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel between 2007 and 2008. Two independent OLS regressions are conducted for entrepreneurs, one for university degree and one for apprenticeship as highest qualification. Having controlled for entrepreneurial and firm characteristics, we do not find a 'nerd effect'. -- entrepreneurship ; innovation ; education ; start-ups

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Year of publication:	2012 ; This version: 14.08.2012
Authors:	Goldbach, Stefan
Published in:	Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012 : "Neue Wege und Herausforderungen für den Arbeitsmarkt des 21. Jahrhunderts" Session: Innovation and network industries ; V2
Publisher:	Kiel : ZBW
Subject:	Innovation \| Unternehmensgründung \| Business start-up \| USA \| United States \| Entrepreneurship \| Entrepreneurship approach \| Gründungsausbildung \| Entrepreneurship education

Extent:	Online-Ressource (28 S., 382,72 KB) graph. Darst.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	First version: 23.01.2012 Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/62307 [Handle]
Classification:	A20 - Economics Education and Teaching of Economics. General ; L26 - Entrepreneurship ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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