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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

Praag, C. Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question … answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …

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How to select Instruments supporting R&D and Innovation by Industry

Heide, Marcel J.L. de; Kothiyal, Amit - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

We present a theoretical framework which allows for the comparison of the effectiveness of tax measures, loans and funding, in supporting industry-oriented research. We estimate for each of the instruments the exact contribution required by a firm to decide on investing in R&D, given the costs...

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The Geography of R&D; Tobit Analysis and Bayesian Approach to Mapping R&D Activities for The Netherlands

Ouwersloot, Hans; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

Regions vary strongly according to the participation of firms in R&D activity. By linking data on R&D activity at the firm level with GIS based data on economic, and other location features of zones we are able to investigate the impact of local factors on R&D involvement for various types of...

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Competing Recombinant Technologies for Environmental Innovation

Zeppini, Paolo; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

effect of recombinant innovation of the two technologies. A mechanism of endogenous competition is described involving a … positive externality of increasing returns to investment which are counterbalanced by recombinant innovation. We determine … innovation. …

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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution

Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network …

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Territorial Capital and Regional Growth: Increasing Returns in Cognitive Knowledge Use

Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

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Starting an R&D Project under Uncertainty

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Luttens, Roland Iwan; Peters, Bettina - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a decrease and...

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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees

Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...

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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success

Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … and/or higher quality universities with a positive effect on research and development (R&D) and knowledge spillovers … period of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be …

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The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education

Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Andre van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

Policy in developed countries is often based on the assumption that higher business ownership rates induce economic value. Recent microeconomic empirical evidence casts doubts on the validity of this assumption or, at least, leads to a more nuanced view: Especially the top performing business...

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