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| Title: | | What determines the innovation capability of firm founders?  |
| Authors: | | Arvanitis, Spyros Stucki, Tobias |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | KOF working papers // KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich 265 |
| Abstract: | | Innovative start-ups, not start-ups in general, seem to be important drivers of economic growth. However, little is known about how such firms look like. As activities of start-ups are strongly related to firm founders, we investigate this question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder characteristics such as university education (at best a combination of technical and commercial education), prior experience in R&D, and strong motivation to realize own innovative ideas increases innovative activities of start-ups by more than 40%. |
| Subjects: | | start-ups innovation founder characteristics |
| JEL: | | M13 L26 O30 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | KOF Working Papers, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, ETH Zürich
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