Entrepreneurship and country-level innovation: investigating the role of entrepreneurial opportunities

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1125-1142

  Mrożewski, Matthias ^a   Kratzer, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial opportunities; Entrepreneurial opportunity availability; Innovation; Necessity entrepreneurship; Opportunity entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES; NECESSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP; OPPORTUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP; RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY; SCHUMPETER; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84965071559     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9479-2     Document Type: Article

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