In the past 10 years, various stylized facts have accumulated regarding the rate at which
firms spawn spinoffs, the performance of spinoffs, and the effect of spinoffs on their parents …

Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve
variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists as well …

Innovative new ventures are at the heart of economic development, particularly when these
startups are created by employee, academic, and user innovators. We synthesize across …

Start-up development, success, and sustainability are affected by contextual factors that
constitute a regional entrepreneurship ecosystem. Based on previous literature, we propose …

This paper examines whether founders' backgrounds influence new firm survival in the early
years after startup, focusing, in particular, on the impact of unemployment-driven …

Our study addresses a popular question in entrepreneurship research—to what extent does
the quality of a region's entrepreneurial ecosystem matter for venture survival? To tackle this …

Entrepreneurs, even more than employees, tend to locate in regions in which they have
deep roots (“home” regions). Here, we examine the performance implications of these …

While much prior research has focused upon how the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs)
and other contextual characteristics shape the level of university spinoffs (USO), there is little …

We study how becoming an entrepreneur affects academic scientists' research. We propose
that entrepreneurship will shift scientists' attention away from intradisciplinary research …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the context of open innovation
offered by accelerators can affect the successful growth of start-ups. The authors explore …