R+D transfer, policy and innovative ambitious entrepreneurship: evidence from Latin American countries
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2019
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In this article, we explore the effectiveness of government intervention, R+D, and pro-
innovation mechanisms in the likelihood of being an innovative entrepreneur with high
ambitions of growing, in the particular context of Latin America and the Caribbean. We use a longitudinal approach, with a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression procedure. The data comes mainly from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Global
Competitiveness Index. The sample covers 14 countries from Latin America and the
Caribbean between 2006-2015. The results provide empirical insights about firm and
individual characteristics that explain the likelihood of being an innovative and ambitious
entrepreneur. We also find that effective and narrowed policies in addition to an
innovation-driven environment, also increases innovative-ambitious entrepreneurs. The
paper includes implications for policy makers that want to enhance local entrepreneurial
framework conditions.
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The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2019, vol. 44, issue 5, 1396-1415
Keywords
Innovative ambitious entrepreneurship, Technology transfer, Latin America, Global entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)