Studies on academic spin-off companies have shown that the researchers' scientific
potential, experience and established networks with other scientists or companies affect …

In this article we draw on goal–setting theory to analyze how and why entrepreneurs
perceive the usefulness of policy programs aimed at facilitating the development of …

Incubation has already proven to be of great value in promoting small and medium
enterprise (SME) entrepreneurship activities and technological development in developed …

This article aims at examining the strategic leeway of firms pursuing business strategies
incompatible with the dominant institutional environment in a given market economy. In …

The study of varieties of capitalism is moving on from the analysis of static national types to
embrace local and sectoral diversity and the study of systems in the process of major …

The performance of the therapeutics segment of the German biotechnology industry has
become a focal case for debate over the usefulness of the varieties of capitalism (henceforth …

This paper investigates a relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows,
exchange rate, and economic growth of a developing country, and their effects on major …

Governments are targeting biotechnology as a key growth industry. During the mid-1990s,
many Continental European governments introduced policies to hasten the formation of …

Recent comparative studies of the German economy suggest that many of the country's
national political and social institutions such as rigid labour markets, a system of firm …

Until recently the financialization of the global economy, the transcontinental penetration of
multinational corporations, the shake ups of national champions, and the off-shoring of all …