The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment

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We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge-based entrepreneurship, we outline FDI and entrepreneurship policies for Wales and Ireland and key measures of knowledge creation, and evaluate the extent and nature of FDI activity and its relationship with entrepreneurship in general and knowledge-based entrepreneurship in particular. Implications include possible policy di-rections for countries that are characterized by weak knowledge-creating institutions yet wish to encourage knowledge-based entrepreneurship.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2007,059

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Entrepreneurship ; New Firms; Startups
• Subject: Economic Development ; Entrepreneurship ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Ireland ; Knowledge Spillovers ; Wales ; Wissenstransfer ; Unternehmer ; Direktinvestition ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Irland ; Wales

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ács, Zoltán J. ; Brooksbank, David J. ; O'Gorman, Colm ; Pickernell, David G. ; Terjesen, Siri
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/25627
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET