We examined ten years (1st January 2008 until 31st December 2017) of the regular non-provisional utility applications data (~3.63 million applications) from three different United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sources - Patent Examination Data System (PEDS), Patents-view database...

The treatment of foreign investors has been a contentious topic in U.S. entrepreneurship policy in recent years. This paper examines foreign corporate investments in Silicon Valley from a theoretical and empirical perspective. We model a setting where such funding may allow U.S. entrepreneurs to...

The business incubation model has been embraced by numerous countries of the world since the concept was first conceived and developed in the USA. It has now received much attention among policymakers and academics particularly within the field of entrepreneurship and small business research....

Attempts to develop Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks came late to Russia and the outcomes have differed greatly from the expectations of standard models. This paper examines the impact of institutional and cultural peculiarities in the Russian context on the development of these...

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) are often used as tools to foster regional development. They seek innovations, innovators and encourage innovation amongst the constituent firms, including by networking and knowledge spill over between the inhabitants, Universities and sources of capital. The...

We live in consumer cities, where the scale of the city provides households with a diversity of retail and other amenities. For a household in a given neighborhood, access to these amenities depends on two features: its transportation links to other neighborhoods, and the scale of amenities in...