Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety
| Autor: | Astebro, Thomas, Yong, Kevyn |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Haldemann, Antoine, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC (GREGH), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HEC Paris Research Paper |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Creativity
Jack-of-all-Trades ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration Prior Employment Variety Entrepreneurial Earnings Invention Quality [SHS.GESTION] Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS |
| Popis: | We use creativity theory to analyze the effects of occupational job variety and industry variety on invention quality and entrepreneurial earnings. We test our ideas with survey data from 770 inventor-entrepreneurs who commercialized their own inventions. Results suggest that occupational and industry variety substitute for each other in positively affecting invention quality whereas a lack of industry variety is associated with greater entrepreneurial earnings. Results are consistent with the idea that high levels of both occupational and industry variety enables the generation and discovery of inventions, but these ideas are usually not technically feasible or financially viable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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