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The Real Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

Private equity buyouts have become a common element in the industrial development process. I survey the literature on the real economic effect of buyouts: employment, wages, productivity, and long-run investments. Employment tend to marginally fall after a buyout in most countries studied, with...

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Patent Scope and Technology Choice

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent’s profit increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …

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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

entrepreneurial effort, entrepre-neurial innovation and capital investment. Because of these constraints, the entrepreneurial project …

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Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

In this paper entrepreneurs are defined as agents who bring about economic change by combining their own effort with other factors of production in search of economic rents. The institutional setup is argued to determine both the supply and direction of entrepreneurial activity. Four key...

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Productive and Destructive Entrepreneurship in a Political Economy Framework

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or negative effects on overall productivity. Embedding central elements from these theories into a political economy framework reveals the bilateral causal relation between...

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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship: An Introduction

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

In this introductory chapter to a collective volume dealing with the political economy of entrepreneurship,* we argue, based on a suggested unifying framework, that political economy is a fruitful approach to entrepreneurship. The importance of institutions in structuring such an analysis is...

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Promoting Entrepreneurship in the Welfare State

Henrekson, Magnus; Roine, Jesper - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

widely recognized that the supply of entrepreneurial talent is likely to be important for economic growth, innovation and job …

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Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-growth Firms

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...

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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Oligopolists

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

The starting point of this paper is that the exit of venture-backed firms often takes place through sales to large incumbent firms. We show that in such an environment, venture-backed firms have a stronger incentive to develop basic innovations into commercialized innovations than incumbent...

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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

We outline a politico-economic growth system centered around the entrepreneur. By defining entrepreneurs in relation to economic rents we are able to develop a more general theory comprising central aspects of research within the fields of entrepreneurship/small business, public choice and new...

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