Dr. Dennis Leyden
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics
Background
Research Areas: Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Dennis Patrick Leyden is an associate professor emeritus of economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). He received his B.A. in economics with high honors from the University of Virginia, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been a member of the economics faculty at UNCG since 1984 and currently serves as the director of graduate studies for the department.
Professor Leyden’s research focuses on entrepreneurship in both the public and private sector, and on the role and behavior of universities in furthering such entrepreneurial activity and its impact on innovation and economic development. He has also conducted research on bureaucratic, legislative, and court behavior in the context of public education funding. His books include Public Sector Entrepreneurship: US Technology and Innovation Policy (Oxford University Press, 2015), Adequacy, Accountability, and the Future of Public Education Funding (Springer, 2005), and Government’s Role in Innovation (Kluwer, 1992).
Research and Awards
The legacy and promise of Vannevar Bush: Rethinking the model of innovation and the role of public policy
Menter, M.
2017
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Universities as partners in research joint ventures
2016
Economia e Politica Industriale
Public-sector entrepreneurship and the creation of sustainable innovative economy
2016
Small Business Economics
Toward a theory of the entrepreneurial process
Link, A.N.
2014
Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal
Research risk and public policy: The relative research efficiency of government versus university labs
Link, Albert N.;
2013
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Public sector entrepreneurship: US technology and innovation policy
Book
Public sector entrepreneurship: US technology and innovation policy
Leyden, D. P., and Link, A. N.
Oxford University Press
2015
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Chapter
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Link, A.N., Audretsch, D. B.
Knowledge spillovers, collective entrepreneurship, and economic growth: The role of universities
Leyden, D.P., and Link, A. N.
151-174
Edward Elgar
2017
Reprinted from Small Business Economics, 2013, 41(3), 797-817
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Chapter
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Link, A.N., and Audretsch, D. B.
Universities as research partners in publicly supported entrepreneurial firms
Leyden, D. P., Audretsch, D. B., and Link, A.N.
182-198
Edward Elgar
2017
Reprinted from Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2012, 21(5-6), September, 529-45
The Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation
Chapter
The Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation
Audretsch, D.B., Hayter, C.S., Link, A.N.
Public sector entrepreneurship
Leyden, D.P., and Link, A.N.
Edward Elgar
2015
Public support of innovation in entrepreneurial firms
Chapter
Public support of innovation in entrepreneurial firms
Link, A.N.
Regional appropriation of university-based knowledge and technology for economic development
Leyden, D.P., Audretsch, D.B., Link, A.N.
Edward Elgar
2013
Reprinted from Economic Development Quarterly, 2013, 27(1), 56-61
Technology Infrastructure
Chapter
Technology Infrastructure
Antonelli, C., Link, A.N., and Metcalfe, S.
To admit or not to admit: The question of research park size
Lasyon, S. K., Leyden, D.P., Neufeld, J.
72-80
Routledge
2013
Original work published 2009. Reprinted from Economics of Innovation and Technology, 2008, 17(4/5), pp. 691-699.
Entrepreneurship and innovation policies for creating local growth
Chapter
Entrepreneurship and innovation policies for creating local growth
Audretsch, D.B., and Walshok, M. L.
Collective entrepreneurship: The strategic management of Research Triangle Park
Leyden, D.P., and Link, A.N.
176-185
Edward Elgar
2013
Entrepreneurial risk and uncertainty
Chapter
The Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation
Audretsch, David B.; Hayter, Christopher S.; Link, Albert N.;
Entrepreneurial risk and uncertainty
Leyden, Dennis P.
Edward Elgar
2015
A theory of public-sector innovation policy
Chapter
Innovation in the public sector (tentative title)
Leyden, Dennis P.; Heinrich, R.;
A theory of public-sector innovation policy
Leyden, Dennis P.;
Accepted 2014
US public-sector innovation programs
Chapter
Innovation in the public sector (tentative title)
Leyden, Dennis P.; Heinrich, R.;
US public-sector innovation programs
Leyden, Dennis P.;
Accepted 2014
Critical Thinking in Economics (2e)
Book
Critical Thinking in Economics (2e)
Leyden, Dennis P.; Ferguson, Kyler;
Kona Publishing & Media Group
2012
First edition published in 2011.
Federal Laboratories as Research Partners
Chapter
The Economics of Innovation Policy. Volume II: Innovation Policies and Social Impact
Leyden, Dennis P.; Link, Albert N.;
Federal Laboratories as Research Partners
Leyden, Dennis P.;
73-90
Elgar
2008