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The use of knowledge in technology entrepreneurship: A theoretical foundation

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  • Russell S. Sobel

    (The Citadel, School of Business Administration)

  • J. R. Clark

    (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

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While technology entrepreneurship has been widely recognized as a driver of economic growth, there exists little in the way of a unified framework for understanding technology entrepreneurship and assessing its value proposition, particularly when network externalities and information are involved. In this paper we bring together several strands of literature and identify the components that form a foundation for understanding modern technology entrepreneurship. In particular, technology functions as a capital good that embodies knowledge about performing productive tasks, and the value of this knowledge depends on how well it is able to utilize decentralized local knowledge and spontaneous orders.

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  • Russell S. Sobel & J. R. Clark, 2018. "The use of knowledge in technology entrepreneurship: A theoretical foundation," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 31(2), pages 195-207, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:31:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s11138-017-0380-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-017-0380-5
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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurship; Technology venturing; Embodied knowledge; Local knowledge; Truthful revelation; Reputational information and technology; Spontaneous order; Network effects; Path-dependence;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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