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Prof. Pontus Braunerhjelm
1. Department of Industrial Economics and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

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Article
Published: 03 August 2021 in Small Business Economics
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Traditional macroeconomic stabilization policies seek to moderate swings in economic activity through measures that primarily augment aggregate demand. Such measures are, however, inadequate in mitigating the comprehensive effects of crisis such as the COVID-19, which affects both the demand and supply sides of the economy. Moreover, monetary policies are presently close to a liquidity trap combined with weakened transmission links to the real economy. Fiscal policies have been reactivated, albeit in an ad hoc and experimental manner. Based on a literature review and the policy responses following the COVID-19 crisis, the objective is to present a modified and extended framework for stabilization policies. In particular, the importance of microeconomic supply-side measures that promote entrepreneurial processes and knowledge-upgrading efforts are emphasized. Furthermore, a coherent realigning of policies at the micro- and macro-levels is argued to enhance the potential for long-term growth and to facilitate the restructuring of an economy that normally follows a crisis.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. Rethinking stabilization policies; Including supply-side measures and entrepreneurial processes. Small Business Economics 2021, 1 -21.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. Rethinking stabilization policies; Including supply-side measures and entrepreneurial processes. Small Business Economics. 2021; ():1-21.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. 2021. "Rethinking stabilization policies; Including supply-side measures and entrepreneurial processes." Small Business Economics , no. : 1-21.

Chapter
Published: 05 October 2019 in From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship
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In this essay, Pontus Braunerhjelm surveys David’s impact in the field of small business economics and entrepreneurship. By giving in-depth analysis into one of David’s interest areas, Braunerhjelm grants the reader the opportunity to more fully understand the scope of David’s research. The following chapter therefore helps to clarify the underlying nature of David’s scholarly work.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. Structural Change, Knowledge Spillovers and the Role of SMEs and Entrepreneurship. From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship 2019, 77 -94.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. Structural Change, Knowledge Spillovers and the Role of SMEs and Entrepreneurship. From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship. 2019; ():77-94.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm. 2019. "Structural Change, Knowledge Spillovers and the Role of SMEs and Entrepreneurship." From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship , no. : 77-94.

Article
Published: 26 May 2019 in Small Business Economics
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We present a modified version of the entrepreneurial choice model, where it is shown that the expected utility of becoming an entrepreneur is decreasing in both the levels of taxes and the tax administrative burden. We extend previous empirical findings by examining how these variables influence entrepreneurs at different stages in the entrepreneurial life cycle. Our findings imply that the effect of the tax administrative burden varies over the entrepreneurial life cycle from strongly negative to insignificant. The most pronounced negative effects appear in the early stages of entrepreneurship. We conclude that a 10% reduction in the tax administrative burden increases the propensity for new business establishments by 4%. Our findings support the idea that tax simplification is one way to encourage entrepreneurship, without any reduction in tax revenues.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Johan E. Eklund; Per Thulin. Taxes, the tax administrative burden and the entrepreneurial life cycle. Small Business Economics 2019, 56, 681 -694.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Johan E. Eklund, Per Thulin. Taxes, the tax administrative burden and the entrepreneurial life cycle. Small Business Economics. 2019; 56 (2):681-694.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Johan E. Eklund; Per Thulin. 2019. "Taxes, the tax administrative burden and the entrepreneurial life cycle." Small Business Economics 56, no. 2: 681-694.

Research article
Published: 10 December 2018 in ILR Review
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Is the Bayh-Dole intellectual property regime associated with more and better academic entrepreneurship than the Professor’s Privilege regime? The authors examine data on US PhDs in the natural sciences, engineering, and medical fields who became entrepreneurs in 1993–2006 and compare this to similar data from Sweden. They find that, in both countries, those with an academic background have lower rates of entry into entrepreneurship than do those with a non-academic background. The relative rate of academics starting entrepreneurial firms is slightly lower in the United States than in Sweden. Moreover, the mean economic gains from becoming an entrepreneur are negative, both for PhDs originating in academia and for non-academic settings in both countries. Analysis indicates that selection into entrepreneurship occurs from the lower part of the ability distribution among academics. The results suggest that policies supporting entrepreneurial decisions by younger, tenure-track academics may be more effective than are general incentives to increase academic entrepreneurship.

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Thomas Åstebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Broström. Academic Entrepreneurship: The Bayh-Dole Act versus the Professor’s Privilege. ILR Review 2018, 72, 1094 -1122.

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Thomas Åstebro, Serguey Braguinsky, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Anders Broström. Academic Entrepreneurship: The Bayh-Dole Act versus the Professor’s Privilege. ILR Review. 2018; 72 (5):1094-1122.

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Thomas Åstebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Broström. 2018. "Academic Entrepreneurship: The Bayh-Dole Act versus the Professor’s Privilege." ILR Review 72, no. 5: 1094-1122.

Preprint
Published: 19 November 2018 in SSRN Electronic Journal
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Is the Bayh-Dole intellectual property regime associated with more and better academic entrepreneurship than the Professor Privilege regime? The authors examine data on US PhDs in the natural sciences, engineering, and medical fields who became entrepreneurs in 1993–2006 and compare this to similar data from Sweden. They find that, in both countries, those with an academic background have lower rates of entry into entrepreneurship than do those with a non-academic background. The relative rate of academics starting entrepreneurial firms is slightly lower in the United States than in Sweden. Moreover, the mean economic gains from becoming an entrepreneur are negative, both for PhDs originating in academia and non-academic settings in both countries. Analysis indicates that selection into entrepreneurship occurs from the lower part of the ability distribution among academics. The results suggest that policies aimed at supporting entrepreneurial decisions by younger, tenure-track academics may be more effective than general incentives at increasing academic entrepreneurship in general.

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Thomas B. Astebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Broström. On-line Appendix for 'Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the Professor’s Privilege'. SSRN Electronic Journal 2018, 1 .

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Thomas B. Astebro, Serguey Braguinsky, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Anders Broström. On-line Appendix for 'Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the Professor’s Privilege'. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2018; ():1.

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Thomas B. Astebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Broström. 2018. "On-line Appendix for 'Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the Professor’s Privilege'." SSRN Electronic Journal , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2018 in International Business Review
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The concept born global firms has gained a spectacular increase in interest from both academic and political circles. Rigorous quantitative treatment of born global firms are however rare in the international business/economics literature. Implementing unique data on all Swedish start-ups during 1998–2008 in the manufacturing sector, we conclude that born global firms are a very rare event, that their prevalence seems invariant to time, and that they perform similar to other matched “twin” firms with regard to profitability and productivity but report a considerably higher growth in employment and sales. These results are robust to a wider definition of born global firms and to the timing of performance measurements.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Torbjörn Halldin. Born globals – presence, performance and prospects. International Business Review 2018, 28, 60 -73.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Torbjörn Halldin. Born globals – presence, performance and prospects. International Business Review. 2018; 28 (1):60-73.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Torbjörn Halldin. 2018. "Born globals – presence, performance and prospects." International Business Review 28, no. 1: 60-73.

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Published: 20 September 2017 in Small Business Economics
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Introducing the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Intrapreneurship, we examine how labour mobility impacts innovation distributed by firm size. A matched employer-employee dataset, pooled with firm-level patent application data, is implemented in the analysis. We provide new evidence that knowledge workers’ mobility has a positive and strongly significant impact on all firms’ innovation output, measured as patent applications. The patterns and effects do however differ between large and small firms. More precisely, for small firms, intraregional mobility of knowledge workers who have previously worked in a patenting firm (the learning-by-hiring effect) is shown to be statistically and economically highly significant, whereas only limited impact could be detected for firms losing knowledge workers (the learning-by-diaspora effect).

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. The knowledge spillover theory of intrapreneurship. Small Business Economics 2017, 51, 1 -30.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Ding Ding, Per Thulin. The knowledge spillover theory of intrapreneurship. Small Business Economics. 2017; 51 (1):1-30.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. 2017. "The knowledge spillover theory of intrapreneurship." Small Business Economics 51, no. 1: 1-30.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2017
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Presenting The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Intrapreneurship, we examine how labour mobility impacts innovation distributed on firm size. A matched employer-employee dataset, pooled with firm-level patent application data, is implemented in the analysis. We provide new evidence that knowledge workers’ mobility has a positive and strongly significant impact on all firms’ innovation output, measured as patent applications. The patterns and effects differ between large and small firms. More precisely, for small firms, intraregional mobility of knowledge workers that have previously worked in a patenting firm (the learning-by-hiring effect) are shown to be statistically and economically highly significant, whereas only limited impact could be detected for firms losing knowledge workers (the-learning-by-diaspora effect).

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Intrapreneurship, Labour Mobility and Innovation by Firm Size. 2017, 1 .

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Ding Ding, Per Thulin. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Intrapreneurship, Labour Mobility and Innovation by Firm Size. . 2017; ():1.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. 2017. "The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Intrapreneurship, Labour Mobility and Innovation by Firm Size." , no. : 1.

Article
Published: 21 September 2016 in Small Business Economics
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Professor Philippe Aghion is the 2016 recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, consisting of 100,000 Euros and a statuette designed by the internationally renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles. He is one of the most influential researchers worldwide in economics in the last couple of decades. His research has advanced our understanding of the relationship between firm-level innovation, entry and exit on the one hand, and productivity and growth on the other. Aghion has thus accomplished to bridge theoretical macroeconomic growth models with a more complete and consistent microeconomic setting. He is one of the founding fathers of the pioneering and original contribution referred to as Schumpeterian growth theory. Philippe Aghion has not only contributed with more sophisticated theoretical models, but also provided empirical evidence regarding the importance of entrepreneurial endeavours for societal prosperity, thereby initiating a more nuanced policy discussion concerning the interdependencies between entrepreneurship, competition, wealth and growth.

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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Charlie Karlsson. Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Small Business Economics 2016, 48, 1 -8.

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Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Charlie Karlsson. Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Small Business Economics. 2016; 48 (1):1-8.

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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Charlie Karlsson. 2016. "Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research." Small Business Economics 48, no. 1: 1-8.

Book chapter
Published: 06 February 2016 in Entrepreneurship Education at Universities
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Innovation is increasingly considered the key to elevating prosperity and securing sustainable long-term growth. The few last decades have also witnessed a refinement of previous growth models to include investments in education by individuals and R&D by firms. Better educated individuals and increased expenditure on R&D are shown to result in increased innovation and accelerated growth in endogenous growth models. This finding has spurred policy makers, most recently the OECD, the EU commission, and other organizations, to design innovation strategies to meet future growth and welfare challenges. Such strategies have also trickled down to the country level.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Magnus Henrekson. An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial Dynamics and Growth. Entrepreneurship Education at Universities 2016, 95 -130.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Magnus Henrekson. An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial Dynamics and Growth. Entrepreneurship Education at Universities. 2016; ():95-130.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Magnus Henrekson. 2016. "An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial Dynamics and Growth." Entrepreneurship Education at Universities , no. : 95-130.

Book chapter
Published: 09 January 2016 in Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives
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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives 2016, 129 -144.

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Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch, Bo Carlsson. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives. 2016; ():129-144.

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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. 2016. "The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship." Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives , no. : 129-144.

Book chapter
Published: 09 January 2016 in Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives
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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives 2016, 108 -128.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch, Bo Carlsson. The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives. 2016; ():108-128.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. 2016. "The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth." Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives , no. : 108-128.

Book chapter
Published: 08 January 2016 in Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives
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Bo Carlsson; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Pontus Braunerhjelm. Knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: a historical review. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives 2016, 71 -107.

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Bo Carlsson, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch, Pontus Braunerhjelm. Knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: a historical review. Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives. 2016; ():71-107.

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Bo Carlsson; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Pontus Braunerhjelm. 2016. "Knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: a historical review." Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives , no. : 71-107.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2016
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Professor Philippe Aghion is the 2016 recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, consisting of 100,000 Euros and a statuette designed by the internationally renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles. He is one of the most influential researchers worldwide in economics in the last couple of decades. His research has advanced our understanding of the relationship between firm-level innovation, entry and exit on the one hand, and productivity and growth on the other. Aghion has thus accomplished to bridge theoretical macroeconomic growth models with a more complete and consistent microeconomic setting. He is one of the founding fathers of the pioneering and original contribution referred to as Schumpeterian growth theory. Philippe Aghion has not only contributed with more sophisticated theoretical models, but also provided empirical evidence regarding the importance of entrepreneurial endeavours for societal prosperity, thereby initiating a more nuanced policy discussion concerning the interdependencies between entrepreneurship, competition, wealth and growth.

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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Charlie Karlsson. Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. 2016, 1 .

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Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Charlie Karlsson. Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. . 2016; ():1.

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Zoltan J. Acs; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Charlie Karlsson. 2016. "Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 28 October 2015 in The Journal of Technology Transfer
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According to the knowledge-based spillover theory of entrepreneurship (KSTE), entrepreneurship is positively associated with the knowledge endowment level. An increase in knowledge expands the opportunity set, which is then exploited by heterogeneous entrepreneurs. The objective of this paper is to empirically test the validity of the KSTE by employing a detailed database comprising more than 19 million observations for the period 2001–2008 at the level of individuals, firms and regions in Sweden. Knowledge is claimed to be partly embodied in labour, implying that an increase in labour mobility can be expected to influence knowledge endowment at the regional level. Our dependent variable is an individual who has remained in a region throughout the time period considered. Controlling for a number of other variables, inter-regional labour inflows and intra-regional mobility levels are shown to exert a strong positive effect on entrepreneurship. This contrasts with inter-regional outflows, which negatively affect entrepreneurial entry. Another noteworthy result is that the probability of exploiting an increased knowledge stock through entrepreneurship increases by 15 % points if the individual has previous experience in starting a firm.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. Labour as a knowledge carrier: how increased mobility influences entrepreneurship. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2015, 41, 1308 -1326.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Ding Ding, Per Thulin. Labour as a knowledge carrier: how increased mobility influences entrepreneurship. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2015; 41 (6):1308-1326.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ding Ding; Per Thulin. 2015. "Labour as a knowledge carrier: how increased mobility influences entrepreneurship." The Journal of Technology Transfer 41, no. 6: 1308-1326.

Journal article
Published: 05 May 2015 in European Journal of Law and Economics
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Entrepreneurship can have important positive effects linked to job creation, wealth and income generation, innovation and industry competitiveness. Scholars and policy-makers around the world have turned to the regulatory environment as a mechanism through which entrepreneurship can be encouraged, grown and its economic benefits harnessed. The effect of regulatory conditions on entrepreneurship however is not well understood, and can be nuanced given the wide range of regulatory tools and possible areas of impact. This paper serves as the introduction to a special issue, which seeks to shed some light on the relationship between regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. We identify some foundational considerations relevant to this relationship and discuss key questions, followed by a brief overview of each of the papers contained in the special issue.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Sameeksha Desai; Johan E. Eklund. Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. European Journal of Law and Economics 2015, 40, 1 -11.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Sameeksha Desai, Johan E. Eklund. Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. European Journal of Law and Economics. 2015; 40 (1):1-11.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Sameeksha Desai; Johan E. Eklund. 2015. "Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship." European Journal of Law and Economics 40, no. 1: 1-11.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2015 in Journal of Economic Geography
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Based on unique data covering individuals, firms, industries and regions for the 1999–2005 period, we contribute with new knowledge concerning the impact of regional variables on spin-offs. Implementing a large number of controls, as well as different estimation techniques and robustness tests, we show that Jacobian externalities have a positive effect on spin-offs. Moreover, using an entropy measure to disentangle unrelated and related variety (RV), we conclude that the effect is confined to RV. These findings are likely to be associated with strong welfare effects: a standard deviation increase (decrease) in related (unrelated) variety increases spin-off propensity by approximately 25%. Other variables are shown to have economic effects of a similar magnitude but may have a different effect across sectors. Sensitivity analyses indicate that the impact of other determinants proposed in the literature (e.g., Marshallian externalities and scale effects) is too small to be detected.

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Apostolos Baltzopoulos; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ioannis Tikoudis. Spin-offs: why geography matters. Journal of Economic Geography 2015, 16, 273 -303.

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Apostolos Baltzopoulos, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Ioannis Tikoudis. Spin-offs: why geography matters. Journal of Economic Geography. 2015; 16 (2):273-303.

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Apostolos Baltzopoulos; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Ioannis Tikoudis. 2015. "Spin-offs: why geography matters." Journal of Economic Geography 16, no. 2: 273-303.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015
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Entrepreneurship can have important positive effects linked to job creation, wealth and income generation, innovation and industry competitiveness. Scholars and policy-makers around the world have turned to the regulatory environment as a mechanism through which entrepreneurship can be encouraged, grown and its economic benefits harnessed. The effect of regulatory conditions on entrepreneurship however is not well understood, and can be nuanced given the wide range of regulatory tools and possible areas of impact. This paper serves as the introduction to a special issue, which seeks to shed some light on the relationship between regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. We identify some foundational considerations relevant to this relationship and discuss key questions, followed by a brief overview of each of the papers contained in the special issue.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Sameeksha Desai; Johan E. Eklund. Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. 2015, 1 .

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Sameeksha Desai, Johan E. Eklund. Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. . 2015; ():1.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Sameeksha Desai; Johan E. Eklund. 2015. "Regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship." , no. : 1.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015 in SSRN Electronic Journal
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We explore whether the Bayh-Dole intellectual property regime is associated with more, and more valuable academic entrepreneurship than the “Professor’s Privilege” regime. Using data on U.S. STEM Ph.D.’s becoming entrepreneurs during 1993-2006 and similar data from Sweden we present evidence showing that in both countries the entry rate into entrepreneurship is lower for those originating from academia than for those orginating from non-university employment, and that the relative rate of academic entrepreneurship is slightly lower in the U.S. than in Sweden. We also find that the mean economic gains for becoming an entrepreneur is negative, both for Ph.D.’s originating from academia and non-university alike in both countries. Further analysis indicates that in both countries there is selection from the bottom of the ability distribution among academics. The results suggest that policies aimed at screening entrepreneurial decisions by younger, tenure-track academics may be more effective than general incentives to increase academic entrepreneurship.

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Thomas B. Astebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Brostrrm. Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the 'Professor's Privilege'. SSRN Electronic Journal 2015, 1 .

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Thomas B. Astebro, Serguey Braguinsky, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Anders Brostrrm. Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the 'Professor's Privilege'. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2015; ():1.

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Thomas B. Astebro; Serguey Braguinsky; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Anders Brostrrm. 2015. "Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the 'Professor's Privilege'." SSRN Electronic Journal , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 09 June 2014 in Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society
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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth. Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society 2014, 232 -252.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch, Bo Carlsson. The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth. Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society. 2014; ():232-252.

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Pontus Braunerhjelm; Zoltan J. Acs; David B. Audretsch; Bo Carlsson. 2014. "The missing link: knowledge diffusion and entrepreneurship in endogenous growth." Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society , no. : 232-252.