Journal article
Beyond innovation: the Small Business Innovation Research program as entrepreneurship policy
The Journal of technology transfer, Vol.39(4), pp.524-543
08/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-013-9323-x
Abstract
Entrepreneurship or new firm formation plays an increasingly important role in knowledge-based economic development. Public policy to encourage new firm formation has not focused on high quality, high potential firms, and the search for entrepreneurship policy with high economic impact is still needed. This research evaluates the efficacy of the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program from the perspective of promoting high technology entrepreneurship. In particular, we examine whether the local presence of SBIR awards is associated with increased new firm formation rates in the high technology sector. Although the primary objective of SBIR is to facilitate technological commercialization in small businesses, our policy analysis based on spatial multivariate methods suggests that this program may also serve as an effective entrepreneurship policy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Beyond innovation: the Small Business Innovation Research program as entrepreneurship policy
- Creators
- Haifeng Qian - Cleveland State UniversityKingsley E. Haynes - George Mason University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of technology transfer, Vol.39(4), pp.524-543
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10961-013-9323-x
- ISSN
- 0892-9912
- eISSN
- 0892-9912
- Number of pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- School of Planning and Public Affairs; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984270201302771
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