What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …

What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …

There is great interest in evaluating the impact of private equity investments on innovation and economic growth …. However, there is no direct empirical evidence on the effects of such transactions on the innovation strategies of … Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program research awards. We find that SBIR firms attracting private equity investments are …

Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … approach to entrepreneurship and innovation. In this paper we address the innovation strategies of SMEs engaged in the … strategic knowledge management and in the literature of organizational learning. Innovation needs a business environment that is …

Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of … entrepreneurship increases the probability of entrepreneurial success. The results also lend credence to theories of entrepreneurship …

Innovation is widely recognized as a key ingredient of productivity success. This article by Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq … positive relationship between measures of fundamental innovation, labour productivity and GDP per capita across OECD countries …. The authors paint a nuanced portrait of Canada's innovation performance. The existence of an innovation gap with the …

attempt to search for directions, as well as the power of impact of different phases of the business cycle on the innovation … industrial companies (questionnaire survey) it was stated that in the prosperity phase the implementation of the innovation …, the innovation activity is a less common phenomenon, but is not completely abandoned. Research results did not confirm the …

Political activism positively affects firm innovation. Firms that support more politicians, politicians on … activism on innovation. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that political activism is valuable because it helps … reduce policy uncertainty, which, in turn, fosters firm innovation. Also consistent with this hypothesis, we show that …