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University graduates, knowledge spill-overs and localization of knowledge intensive ventures - case of post-socialistic country

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  • Michal Hrivnák

    (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia)

  • Katarína Melichová

    (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia)

  • Mária Fáziková

    (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia)

  • Oľga Roháčiková

    (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia)

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This paper investigates how universities affect formation of new knowledge intensive ventures in conditions of post-socialistic country of Eastern Europe, depending on character of university spill-overs. Using tools of spatial econometry, we investigate how graduates rollout by universities and knowledge spill-overs on basis of interpersonal relationships between entrepreneurs and senior academic researchers determines emergence of knowledge intensive ventures in Slovakia, while we distinguish between total number of knowledge intensive firms (KIF), knowledge intensive manufacturing ventures (KIM), knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) and knowledge intensive services (KIS). Our estimates of spatial Durbin models indicate that even in conditions of country that lacks universities carrying out top-excellent research, university spill-overs affects formation of knowledge intensive ventures, but only in case of services, while spill-overs in form of graduate rollout are significantly localized.

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  • Michal Hrivnák & Katarína Melichová & Mária Fáziková & Oľga Roháčiková, 2019. "University graduates, knowledge spill-overs and localization of knowledge intensive ventures - case of post-socialistic country," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 7(1), pages 146-165, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:7:y:2019:i:1:p:146-165
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2019.7.1(12)
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    Keywords

    university; graduates; knowledge spill-overs; knowledge intensive entrepreneurship;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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