This study aims to extend the knowledge in the domain of intellectual capital and entrepreneurship by investigating whether happiness may have a positive influence on entrepreneurial initiative and intellectual property or not.,The used large-scale dataset for 2018 is drawn from the Eurostat. It includes information on individual happiness, sustainability, start-ups, creativity, intellectual property and quality of life, grouped by European countries. Hypotheses are tested through using the linear regression method.,The findings confirm that happiness, along with creativity, fosters both entrepreneurial initiative and intellectual property.,Future studies should test the model by extending the analysis to different world regions and by considering further variables, such as country culture.,The study suggests that policy makers have to focus on improving life conditions and sustainability as a means to foster local economies and communities.,This cutting-edge study is unique in its genus, because the prior literature never focused on these topics jointly. At an academic level, it ties happiness to creativity and to “the entrepreneurial spirit”, thus opening up to a new and vast domain of researches.

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幸福是企业家创新和创新资本的驱动力

这项研究旨在通过调查幸福是否会对企业家的主动权和知识产权产生积极影响，来扩展知识资本和企业家精神领域的知识.2018年使用的大规模数据集来自欧盟统计局。它包括有关欧洲国家分组的个人幸福感，可持续性，创业，创造力，知识产权和生活质量的信息。通过使用线性回归方法对假设进行检验。研究结果证实，幸福与创造力共同促进了企业家的主动性和知识产权。未来的研究应通过将分析扩展到世界不同地区并考虑其他变量来检验该模型，例如乡村文化。该研究表明，决策者必须把重点放在改善生活条件和可持续性上，以促进当地经济和社区的发展。这项前沿研究在其范畴内是独一无二的，因为先前的文献从来没有共同关注这些主题。在学术层面上，它将幸福与创造力和“企业家精神”联系在一起，从而开辟了一个新的广阔的研究领域。