An absorptive capacity theory of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship

By Haifeng Qian, Zoltan J. Acs. Small Business Economics, 2011

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups (2016, result): “This interpretation supports previous propositions that the entrepreneurial absorptive capacity (Qian & Acs, 2013) or knowledge capacity (Audretsch & Lehmann, 2005) of regions is important for successful university knowledge spill-overs.”
Knowledge spillover-based strategic entrepreneurship (2016, background): “Despite the usage of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship there are still gaps and missing areas (Qian and Acs 2013).”
Regional systems of entrepreneurship: the nexus of human capital, knowledge and new firm formation (2013, background): “A lot of business incubators, which facilitate new firm formation, are hosted by universities (Qian et al., 2011).”
The emergence of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (2014, background): “Several studies, both theoretical (Acs and Sanders 2013; Audretsch 2007) and empirical (Acs et al. 2009b; Qian and Acs 2013; Stuetzer et al. 2014) followed addressing the questions of absorptive capacity by prospective entrepreneurs, the knowledge filter and the vehicle to translate knowledge into g”
Knowledge and entrepreneurial employees: a country-level analysis (2013, background): “Most studies on entrepreneurship, knowledge, and innovation indeed only use independent entrepreneurship as an empirical indicator of entrepreneurship (see, e.g., Shane 2000; Shane and Stuart 2002; Stam and Wennberg 2009; Qian and Acs 2013).”
Academics’ start-up intentions and knowledge filters: an individual perspective of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (2013, methodology): “Moreover, intentions have a relevant role during the first steps of knowledge diffusion because they allow potential academic entrepreneurs to understand new knowledge, recognize its value and make the decision to commercialize it by creating a firm (Qian and Acs 2013).”
Knowledge-Based Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Review of Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (2018, background): “Human capital is critically important, as it is the key determinant of both knowledge bases and entrepreneurial absorptive capacity (Qian & Acs, 2013).”
On the spatial stickiness of UK new firm formation rates (2014, background): “…of these opportunities crucially depend on ‘entrepreneurial absorptive capacity’, defined as entrepreneurs’ ability to comprehend new knowledge and its value and commercialise it through new business ventures, something that requires both scientific and business knowledge (Qian and Acs, 2011).”