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Innovative Activity and Gender Dynamics

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  • Steven Bednar

    (Elon University)

  • Dora Gicheva

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

  • Albert Link

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

Abstract

We explore the innovative performance of firms resulting from their Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) research-funded projects in terms of the gender dynamics of the firms. Using commercialization as the relevant performance metric, we find that Phase II projects led by a female principal investigator (PI) have greater probability of being commercialized in female-owned firms than in male-owned firms. This result is consistent with the findings from other settings that females tend to perform better when working under a female supervisor.

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  • Steven Bednar & Dora Gicheva & Albert Link, 2019. "Innovative Activity and Gender Dynamics," UNCG Economics Working Papers 19-11, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:uncgec:2019_011
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    4. Albert N. Link & Martijn Hasselt & Silvio Vismara, 2021. "Going public with public money," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 1419-1426, October.
    5. Albert N. Link, 2021. "Investments in R&D and innovative behavior: an exploratory cross-country study," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 731-739, June.
    6. Maribel Guerrero & Albert N. Link, 2022. "Public support of innovative activity in small and large firms in Mexico," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 413-422, June.
    7. Albert N. Link, 2023. "The U.S. Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program: An Assessment and an Evaluation of the Program," Annals of Science and Technology Policy, now publishers, vol. 7(2), pages 81-151, March.
    8. Michael Machokoto & Tesfaye T. Lemma & Ouarda Dsouli & Rebecca Fakoussa & Eghosa Igudia, 2024. "Coupling men‐to‐women: Promoting innovation in emerging markets," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(3), pages 3656-3677, July.
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    10. Mengyang Pan & Aravind Chandrasekaran & James Hill & Manus Rungtusanatham, 2022. "Multidisciplinary R&D project success in small firms: The role of multiproject status and project management experience," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 31(7), pages 2806-2821, July.
    11. Farhat Chowdhury & Albert N. Link & Anne Beeson Royalty, 2023. "Gender and innovation at the US National Institutes of Health," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(4), pages 1543-1553, December.
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    15. Maribel Guerrero & Albert N. Link & Martijn Hasselt, 2024. "The transfer of federally funded technology: A study of small, entrepreneurial, and ambidextrous firms," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 1009-1023, March.
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    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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