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Small business innovation: firm level evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 5, pp. 732-754

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external determinants of patenting. Applying a non-linear panel data approach to about 160,000 observations on manufacturing firms in Sweden for the period 2000–2006, the following facts...

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Entrepreneurship research centers around the world: research orientation, knowledge transfer and performance

Cassia, Lucio; Massis, Alfredo; Meoli, Michele; Minola, … - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 3, pp. 376-392

This work investigates entrepreneurship research centers, and analyzes their research performance. Studies on the … determinants of performance of research centers have mainly focused on science and technology, while entrepreneurship has been so … far neglected. Through an analysis of 46 centers worldwide, we focus on entrepreneurship research and the role of centers …

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Parting the ivory curtain: understanding how universities support a diverse set of startups

Shah, Sonali; Pahnke, Emily - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 5, pp. 780-792

entrepreneurial ventures cultivated within their walls. To date, most research has focused on academic entrepreneurship—new ventures … contribution of modern universities. We propose a framework for understanding the full scope of university entrepreneurship and its … resources required to foster entrepreneurship from within the ivory tower. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York …

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Universities and the success of entrepreneurial ventures: evidence from the small business innovation research program

Siegel, Donald; Wessner, Charles - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 4, pp. 404-415

There has been little direct, systematic empirical analysis of the role that universities play in enhancing the success of entrepreneurial ventures. We attempt to fill this gap by analyzing data from the US SBIR program, a “set-aside” program that requires key federal agencies (e.g.,...

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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...

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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2012

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...

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Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior

Dejardin, Marcus - HAL - 2011

entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …

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Determinants of self-employment : the case in Vietnam

Do, Thi Quynh Trang; Duchêne, Gérard - HAL - 2007

The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in the case of Vietnam where self-employed population takes an important proportion in workforce, it remains an under researched area. By using the data from the Vietnam Household...

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Perceived chances for promotion among women associate professors in computing: individual, departmental, and entrepreneurial factors

Fox, Mary; Xiao, Wenbin - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 2, pp. 135-152

promotion to full professor and indicators of entrepreneurship, as part of key sets of individual and departmental independent …

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Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: an exploratory look

Bradley, Samantha; Hayter, Christopher; Link, Albert - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 4, pp. 349-381

In this paper we identify the population of 32 US university-related Proof of Concept Centers (PoCCs), and we present a model of technology development that identifies the economic role of PoCCs within that model. We examine the broad technology transfer challenges that PoCCs have been...

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