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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528

This essay uses Edmund Phelps’ new book Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change … (Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … niggardly evaluation of European innovation, and the lack of convincing empirical evidence for the claim that the rate of …

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The Interaction of Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of insti-tutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by institutions—entrepreneurs often help shape institutions...

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How labor market institutions affect job creation and productivity growth

Henrekson, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Economic growth requires factor reallocation across firms and continuous replacement of technologies. Labor market institutions influence economic dynamism by their impact on the supply of a key factor, skilled workers to new and expanding firms, and the shedding of workers from declining and...

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Two sides to the evasion: The pirate bay and the interdependencies of evasive entrepreneurship

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus; Lundblad, Joakim - 2016

innovative and evasive features. The platform was a radical, widely applied innovation that transformed the Internet landscape …

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Stock option taxation and venture capital activity: A cross-country comparison

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2016

One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...

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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models

Hussinger, Katrin - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of public R&D subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By apllying parametric and...

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Is Silence Golden? Patents versus Secrecy at the Firm Level

Hussinger, Katrin - 2004

In the 1990s, patenting schemes changed in many respects: upcoming new technologies accelerated the shift from price competition towards competition based on technical inventions, a worldwide surge in patenting took place, and the ?patent thicket? arose as a consequence of strategic patenting....

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Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik

Fier, Andreas; Heger, Diana; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

Mit dem Ziel die technologische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu steigern, investieren die Staaten der OECD jährlich beträchtliche Summen in die Förderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten (FuE). Angesichts knapper öffentlicher Budgets ist der Effektivität und Effizienz dieser Förderung...

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Formal and Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance

Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2008

results confirm a complementary relationship: using both transfer channels contributes to higher innovation performance. The …

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Promoting entrepreneurship in the welfare state

Henrekson, Magnus; Roine, Jesper - 2006

widely recognized that the supply of entrepreneurial talent is likely to be important for economic growth, innovation and job …

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