This paper seeks to synthesise the available literature into a more complete and integrative model of opportunity recognition in high-tech start-ups. It is argued that more widespread use of the qualitative research can reveal new insights into the complex and interactive process of opportunity recognition in the high-tech start-up.
The authors report findings from a comparative study of factors that influence the learning process that underlies entrepreneurial innovation, as entrepreneurs move from an initial intuition to a well-developed new product or service.
This paper examines how Sweden and the United States have been impacted by philanthropic activities, commercialization of university-based knowledge and international entrepreneurship. The results show that the United States has prompted a university system based on competition and variety, with an emphasis on philanthropy, promoting knowledge creation. International entrepreneurship has been an important mechanism by which this knowledge is globalized leading to increased economic growth.
This paper investigates the redistributive effects of taxation on occupational choice and growth.
his paper studies 40 years of evolution in the German laser industry to test the generality of evolutionary patterns observed in the U.S. laser industry. A survival analysis finds that, similar to the U.S. industry, laser firm spin-offs have been systematically more successful than academic startups.
The paper is based on a review of findings in the literature that addresses the migrant entrepreneurship experiences of different European countries such as Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Portugal. The focus of the paper is on a comparative evaluation of the various forms of migrant entrepreneurship in European countries.
This paper, based on the ideas of Jovanovic’s theory (1982), analyses the impact of the main strategies determining the competitive behaviour of firms on their survival rate.
In the case of new technologies like nanotechnology, institutional entrepreneurs have to act at different levels (organizational, regional, national) at the same time, according to the authors. This paper reconstructs, in some detail, the history of two cases, in Grenoble and in Twente/Netherlands. They report an intriguing finding: institutional entrepreneurs build their environment before changing their institution.
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success.
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success.