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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies

Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2004

New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...

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Foundations of high impact entrepreneurship

Ács, Zoltán J. - 2008

This survey reviews the theoretical literature on high impact entrepreneurship. The survey is guided in part by the … recent classification changes at the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) regarding entrepreneurship. The board voted to … create a new classification code, L26, for entrepreneurship. The JEL intends to use this code for all articles and books that …

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High-tech immigrant entrepreneurship in the U.S.

Hart, David M.; Ács, Zoltán J.; Tracy, Spencer - 2009

In this study, we quantify the role of foreign-born founders in high-tech entrepreneurship in a nationally …

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The Determinants of New-firm Survival across Regional Economies

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine; Zhang, Ting - 2006

across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer surveys (2002 and …

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Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation

Lee, Sam Youl; Florida, Richard; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2004

Understanding the factors that promote or mitigate new firm birth is crucial to regional economic development efforts, since a high level of new firm creation significantly contributes to regional economic vitality and is a major signal of a dynamic economy. The literature suggest that various...

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Employment effects of business dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants

Ács, Zoltán J.; Mueller, Pamela - 2006

This paper examines the relationship between business dynamics and employment effects in 320 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). Much of the theoretical work on industry dynamics focuses on the role of noisy selection and incomplete information on entry and survival. We extend this...

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New Firm Survival and Human Capital

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004

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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004

Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...

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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004

Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...

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The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Nonmarket Source of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism

Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007

creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of the … way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either economists …

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