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  1. 1. The Effects of Non-Compete Agreements Enforceability on Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1995-2011

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Yotam Sofer; [2020]
    Keywords : Non-compete agreements; NCA; current population survey; CPS; business dynamics statistics; DBS; Firms starts; start-ups; Silicon-Valley; Route 128; knowledge spillovers; state-year variation; Difference-in-difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Restrictions of future employment in the form of non-compete agreements (agreements that restrict an employee from joining, forming, associating, or starting a competing firm) are commonly used in the American labor market. Yet their effects on entrepreneurship is not fully understood. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mixed Venture Capital Syndicates: How Independent Venture Capital Firms Evaluate Corporate Venture Capital Arms as Syndication Partners

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sebastian Misurák; Philip Steen; [2018-07-06]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Corporate Venture Capital; Independent Venture Capital; Syndicate; Predictability; Value-added Capabilities; Agency Theory; Resource-Based View;

    Abstract : Background and Problem Formulation: Since 2012 there has been a steady increase of corporate venture capital (CVC) activity in The Silicon Valley. In 2017 more than 20 % of the total venture capital investment was made by corporate actors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Organizational innovation for rapidlychanging environments : A case study on large multinational Swedish companies in comparison to the Silicon Valley model

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : VIKTOR TILLQVIST; KASPER BOURDETTE; [2016]
    Keywords : silicon valley model; dynamic capabilities; a continuously changing organization; a; silicon valley modellen; dynamisk förmåga; en kontinuerligt föränderlig organisation;

    Abstract : Megatrends such as globalization, digitalization and the increased rate of technological   developmentare all example of aspects that directly affect and challenge companies. While it opens up for new business opportunities it also serves an increasingly competitive climate and puts tougher pressure on organizations. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Geography of Swedish ICT Innovation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mats Axelsson; [2016]
    Keywords : innovation; ICT; Sweden; geography; mapping; SWINNO; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Innovation has in recent years been getting an increasingly important role in both industrial policy and in the academic discourse. In both the United States and the European Union policy-makers have tried to kick start slumbering economies by launching new innovation policies and academics write about innovation like never before. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Influence of Business Model Changes on Competitive Advantage: A Case Study among Start-ups

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Florian Gaspar; Cornelius Herzog; [2012]
    Keywords : Sustainable competitive advantage; Resource-based view; Business model changes; Business model ontologies;

    Abstract : Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore and to explain how changes in business models, as reflected in business model ontologies, influence the competitive advantages of firms. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing on the resource-based view, we build upon an intra-organizational perspective of competitive advantage. READ MORE