The Impact of Skills, Working Time Allocation and Peer Effects on the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Scientists
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- Petra Moog & Arndt Werner & Stefan Houweling & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2015. "The impact of skills, working time allocation and peer effects on the entrepreneurial intentions of scientists," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 493-511, June.
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Keywords
Jack-of-all-Trades; Skills; Entrepreneurial Intentions; Academic Entrepreneurship; Peer Effects;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- 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
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2012-12-22 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-ENT-2012-12-22 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HRM-2012-12-22 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2012-12-22 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-PPM-2012-12-22 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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