Sources of knowledge used by entrepreneurial firms in the European high-tech sector

Amoroso, Sara; Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N.

doi:10.1007/s40821-017-0078-4

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“…More European incubators are affiliated with and collaborating with universities (Castillo and Meyer 2018). Such joint efforts may be especially crucial in high-technology fields; for example, universities and their faculties have encouraged local economic development by improving the ability of new and incumbent firms to use biotech research (Zucker et al 1998;McKelvey et al 2003;Okubo and Sjöberg 2000;Link and Swann 2016;Amoroso et al 2018). If they learn from such examples, European policymakers will be better placed to stimulate academic entrepreneurship and accelerate the commercialization of university-developed inventions of great potential value (Goldfarb and Henrekson 2003;Kauffman Foundation 2007;Link and Swann 2016;Amoroso et al 2018).…”

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The Entrepreneurial Society

Sanders

Elert

Henrekson

2019

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

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The Entrepreneurial Society

Sanders

Elert

Henrekson

2019

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

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“…Geographical proximity to sources of knowledge is also a factor that has been shown to influence decisions, primarily regarding locating a company in a specific region [10,41]. As start-ups develop and gain market experience, companies progress in the start-up cycle, which includes the stages of seed, venture growth, business stabilization, and product diversification, as well as a potential final decline or creative destruction [1,42].…”

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“…Sources of knowledge in these start-up support systems include entrepreneurial events that can be exploited to increase exposure of business ideas to investors and to engage with potential partners to develop collaborations [43,44]. By uncovering the mechanisms used by CEOs and entrepreneurs as part of these situations, we can start to understand how knowledge spillovers are used to develop alliances and engage with product and process innovation [41].…”

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The Effects of Knowledge Spillovers and Accelerator Programs on the Product Innovation of High-Tech Start-Ups: A Multiple Case Study

Cuvero

Granados

Pilkington

2022

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship (KSTE) explores the effects that new knowledge and proximity have on the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities and the resultant creation of start-ups. This paper aims to identify the types of knowledge spillovers that affect entrepreneurs in the early stages of start-up development. A conceptual model is proposed, using a multi-case study approach involving High-Tech start-ups that have attended accelerator and incubator programmes in Greater London, United Kingdom (UK). The research involved 32 semistructured interviews with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and co-founders of start-up companies. Our findings suggest that entrepreneurs are influenced by various forms of knowledge spillover which assist in determining the strategic decision of the company, in terms of formation, including partnerships or alliances, allocation of Research and Development (R&D) budgets, and engagement in product innovation. Further observations confirm that High-tech start-ups focus on a fast pace of constant product innovation to cover identified gaps in the market. One significant finding is that start-ups use various technological platforms to access knowledge spillovers which challenges the ideas of geographical proximity present in existing KSTE understanding.

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“…Financial resources can be easily measured while social resources cannot. Among social resources, information -or, more precisely, knowledge (Cassar, 2014;Amoroso et al, 2018) -influence, and solidarity are the most cited ones (Sandefur & Laumann, 1998).…”

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Does Love Money Affect Vocational Behavior? Empirical Evidence from Italian Entrepreneurs

Matricano¹,

Sorrentino²

2019

IJBM

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The present paper aims to investigate the relevance that love money -i.e. financial resources provided by family, friends, and fools -can have on vocational behavior, standing for personal goals that are occupational in nature. In particular, the relationship between the above-cited financial resources and "core goals" (i.e. the survival of entrepreneurial firms) is tested by leveraging on second-hand data about Italian entrepreneurs retrieved from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor -GEM website and referring to the years 2012-2014 and by applying estimated Logit models.Achieved results show that financial resources provided by fools do not affect the survival of entrepreneurial firms. On the contrary, financial resources provided by family and friends do it. Noticeably, the impact of financial resources provided by family or by friends varies in terms of intensity and according to entrepreneurial profiles, in particular to gender and age. After highlighting the main limitations of this paper, some hints for further research are proposed in the last part of the paper.

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Sources of knowledge used by entrepreneurial firms in the European high-tech sector

Cited by 43 publications

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The Entrepreneurial Society

The Entrepreneurial Society

The Effects of Knowledge Spillovers and Accelerator Programs on the Product Innovation of High-Tech Start-Ups: A Multiple Case Study

Does Love Money Affect Vocational Behavior? Empirical Evidence from Italian Entrepreneurs

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