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In this paper, we analyse where people who become self-employed actually start their firms. In the entrepreneurship … compared to the municipality of residence. Our results indicate that the entrepreneurship literature must reconsider its …
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. Moreover, to a certain degree virtues are learnt through the practice of <p> entrepreneurship. Due to their importance, though …
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In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...
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Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …
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entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …
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the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity …. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect … sectors appears to be more responsive to regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms. …
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interrelationship between entrepreneurship and the quality of business regulations. The empirical findings indicate that there is a … positive relationship between entrepreneurship, and the quality of business regulations. …
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The purpose of the paper is to show how entrepreneurship conditions vary between regions of various sizes, and test the … theoretical arguments on why large regions generally should generate more entrepreneurship. The paper empirically ana¬lyzes the … role of regional size in explaining varia¬tions in total entrepreneurship. It also examines en¬trepreneurship in different …
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Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into selfemployment and a higher exit rate in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which includes a standard risk aversion parameter. As inputs...
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and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
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