Due to the growing importance of metropolitan regions for the economy this work aims at analyzing what fosters economic prosperity. We propose the theory that creativity generates new ideas and enhances the entrepreneurship level in the city. In this research the focus lies on metropolitan regions, located around 30 Informational World Cities, which are prototypical cities of the knowledge soci...

entrepreneurship is considered as an appropriate approach to accelerate economic development and provide employment opportunities. with this regard, entrepreneurial intention is the main determinant factor in deciding to be an entrepreneur. in order to obtain sufficient knowledge about entrepreneurship and its determinants, entrepreneurial intention of payame noor university students was studie...

This paper investigates the factors impacting users continuance intentions on using mobile data services. Specifically, a second-stage continuance model is revised and tested with a focus on both hedonic and utilitarian needs. The constructs of enjoyment and mobility are used to derive a set of hypotheses. An instrument is developed to collect data from 607 subjects. Statistical analyses such a...

National policies take varied approaches to encouraging university-based innovation. This paper studies a natural experiment: the end of the “professor’s privilege” in Norway, where university researchers previously enjoyed full rights to their innovations. Upon the reform, Norway moved toward the typical U.S. model, where the university holds majority rights. Using comprehensive data on Norweg...

Metaphor is replete in discourse about immigration. Recent work shows that metaphoric framing can influence attitudes toward immigration (e.g., Landau et al., 2009). However, we know little about how and when specific information in the source domain drives this effect. Our study takes a novel approach, examining how varying intensity of information in the source domain frame influences attitud...

In recent years the topic of entrepreneurship has become a major focus in the social sciences, with renewed interest in the links between personality and entrepreneurship. Taking a socioecological perspective to psychology, which emphasizes the role of social habitats and their interactions with mind and behavior, we investigated regional variation in and correlates of an entrepreneurship-prone...

In recent years the topic of entrepreneurship has become a major focus in the social sciences, with renewed interest in the links between personality and entrepreneurship. Taking a socioecological perspective to psychology, which emphasizes the role of social habitats and their interactions with mind and behavior, we investigated regional variation in and correlates of an entrepreneurship-prone...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SUBJECTIVISM, AND THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW: TOWARD A NEW SYNTHESIS NICOLAI J. FOSS, PETER G. KLEIN, YASEMIN Y. KOR, and JOSEPH T. MAHONEY* Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Department of Management, Moore School...

One of the main goals of many educational courses at various colleges, especially those which focus on applied economics and management, is the development of students’ entrepreneurship skills. It is usually accomplished through various project-oriented tasks. The development of the students’ entrepreneurship skills is also the primary objective of the E-commerce course offered by our Faculty o...