capitalism ; Entrepreneurship ; Flyers ; Gazelles ; High-growth firms ; Industrial policy ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Labor …

In this paper, we study the role of risk-sharing in entrepreneurship-driven innovation. Studying entrepreneurship and … innovation entails modeling an occupational choice and an effort choice. Risk-sharing may increase the number of individuals who …

Innovation often takes place in entrepreneurial ecosystems. We use the history of the Silicon Valley venture capital …

contrarian, whereas public policy has a bias toward incremental innovation and replication of past success. If central planners … knew what the next radical innovation would be, there would be no need for Schumpeterian entrepreneurs. Schumpeterian … are too complex to design, and central planning instead reduces the space for organic institutional innovation. …

Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solve … pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of mission-oriented innovation policies she … promotes usually rely on an overly mechanical view of innovation and economic growth. We employ an ecosystem perspective to …