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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012
. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Ownership ; Breakthrough ; Quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009625140
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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008865973
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The organization of the innovation industry : entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2009
sales price of a developed innovation. This will trigger preemptive acquisitions by incumbents, thus increasing the reward … ; Innovation ; Venture Capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809049
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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation
Persson, Lars - 2013
growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation … project and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market entry versus sale). Limited loss offset provisions in the … fundamental policy trade-off between the declared goals of promoting employment and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091094
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Hjertstrand, Per; … - 2016
This paper examines how entrepreneurs and incumbents differ in R&D strategies. We show that entrepreneurs have incentives to choose projects with higher risk and a higher potential in order to reduce expected commercialization costs. However, entrepreneurs may still select too safe projects from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549385
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Hjertstrand, Per; … - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 127 (2017) 605, pp. 164-199
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758252
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Competition and Competition Policy
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … innovation for sale, relative to innovation for entry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419538
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Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects - But Still Not Risky Enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Entrepreneurs face higher commercialization costs than incumbents. We show that this implies that entrepreneurs will choose more risky projects than incumbents, aiming to reduce their high expected marginal commercialization cost. However, entrepreneurs may select too safe projects from a social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818447
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The Evolving Domain of Entrepreneurship Research
Carlsson, Bo; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; McKelvey, Maureen; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
Research on entrepreneurship has flourished in recent years and is evolving rapidly. This paper explores the history of entrepreneurship research, how the research domain has evolved, and its current status as an academic field. The need to concretize these issues stems partly from a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818738
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Entrepreneurship policy and globalization
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Douhan, Robin - In: Journal of Development Economics 110 (2014) C, pp. 22-38
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies? We study entrepreneurial policy in the form of entry costs in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011065943