Eine bedeutende Säule der Innovationspolitik ist die Unterstützung des Wissenstransfers und die Verwertung marktfähiger Erfindungen aus der Hochschulforschung. Trotz der Unterstützung der Wissensverwertung bleibt ein großer Teil von Innovationen aus der Forschungstätigkeit an deutschen...

Migrant enterprises comprise about 10% of all enterprises in Germany and are therefore a crucial part of the German economy and its entrepreneurial ecosystems. Relatedly, migrant entrepreneurship is a highly recognized topic within political discussions as well as within entrepreneurship...

Eine bedeutende Säule der Innovationspolitik ist die Unterstützung des Wissenstransfers und die Verwertung marktfähiger Erfindungen aus der Hochschulforschung. Trotz der Unterstützung der Wissensverwertung bleibt ein großer Teil von Innovationen aus der Forschungstätigkeit an deutschen...

Institutions of higher education are considered as an important source of innovation. Consequently, big efforts are made to facilitate technology transfer from academia into the market. However, technology transfer at German universities does not seem to live up to its full potential. We find...

Over the last twenty years, academics and economic organizations have demonstrated a growing interest in women entrepreneurs. Female entrepreneurship is now considered to be one of the most important sources of growth, employment and innovation. In the United States, women owned businesses are...

In contradiction to previous research, which concentrates almost exclusively on entrepreneurs during their professional activity, this study concentrates on an earlier point in time and that is before the working life begins. Therefore, the micro-social environment (family background) and...

The decision to become an entrepreneur does not only have economic determinants. Using a unique data set of individuals who visited business start-up exhibitions and applying logit and probit techniques we show that entrepreneurial self-perception has a strong impact on entrepreneurial activity...