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- The innovation-driven economies and entrepreneurial activity through a cluster analysisPublication . Pires, José Adriano; Fernandes, Paula Odete; Lopes, JoanaA main aspect of Entrepreneurial activity is the extent to which people in a population are creating new business activity, both in absolute terms and relative to other economic activities, such as business closure. Within the realm of new business activity, different types of entrepreneurial activity can be distinguished. For example, business creation may vary by industry sector, by the size of the founding team, and by whether the new venture is legally independent of other businesses, and in terms of founder demographics, such as gender, age, or education (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2009). Therefore this article selects the 20 countries; classified as Innovation-Driven Economies, from 2009 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data. By using the Entrepreneurial Activity key indicators and applying the cluster hierarchical analysis techniqu e, two clusters were found to measure differences and preliminary results show a clear measure differ ences in the level of entrepreneurial activity among countries. And according this is possible to identify policies that may enhance the national level of entrepreneurial activity in those countries.
- Academic entrepreneurship framework: the best practices of Bragança Polytechnic InstitutePublication . Pires, José Adriano; Fernandes, Paula Odete; Sampaio, Jorge Humberto; Lopes, JoanaAcademics in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation studies have long been interested in the entrepreneurial behaviour of Higher Education researchers and Higher Education Institutions entrepreneurial activities more generally (Chrisman et al., 1995; Stuart & Ding, 2006; Rothaermel et al., 2007). Some academics are in agreement that the contribution of academic researchers in business activities solves some imperfections in the transmission of knowledge, and motivates researchers to undertake projects with greater economic and social relevance (Gittelman & Kogut, 2003; Etzkowitz, 2004).