From independent inventor to inventor entrepreneur: an application of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS

Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI:10.1007/s11187-024-00939-7

Kevin A. Miceli, Shirish Sundaresan, Atul Nerkar, Tian Chen

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Abstract

This study builds on the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship to examine the factors that influence the decision of latent entrepreneurs to move from opportunity recognition to opportunity exploitation and emergent entrepreneurship. Using data on independent inventors from 1975 to 2010, we examine how social, geographic, and industry knowledge spillovers influence the likelihood of technological entrepreneurship. We find that social and geographic knowledge spillovers promote independent inventors’ transition to entrepreneurship, while industry knowledge spillovers may result in deterrents that inhibit their hazard of forming a new venture.

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从独立发明家到发明企业家：创业知识溢出理论的应用

本研究以创业的知识溢出理论为基础，考察影响潜在创业者从机会识别到机会利用以及新兴创业的决策的因素。利用 1975 年至 2010 年独立发明人的数据，我们研究了社会、地理和行业知识溢出如何影响技术创业的可能性。我们发现，社会和地理知识外溢会促进独立发明家向创业过渡，而行业知识外溢则可能导致阻碍因素，抑制他们组建新企业的风险。

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来源期刊

Small Business Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

14.10

自引率

9.40%

发文量

124

期刊介绍： Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal (SBEJ) publishes original, rigorous theoretical and empirical research addressing all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics, with a special emphasis on the economic and societal relevance of research findings for scholars, practitioners and policy makers. SBEJ covers a broad scope of topics, ranging from the core themes of the entrepreneurial process and new venture creation to other topics like self-employment, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative start-ups, and entrepreneurial finance. SBEJ welcomes scientific studies at different levels of analysis, including individuals (e.g. entrepreneurs'' characteristics and occupational choice), firms (e.g., firms’ life courses and performance, innovation, and global issues like digitization), macro level (e.g., institutions and public policies within local, regional, national and international contexts), as well as cross-level dynamics. As a leading entrepreneurship journal, SBEJ welcomes cross-disciplinary research. Officially cited as: Small Bus Econ