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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs through the Business Cycle

Thompson, Peter - Department of Economics, Florida International University - 2011

We construct a simple model of occupational choice among agents with differing abilities. The fraction of agents creating new businesses who are low ability rises during recessions. Thus, cohorts born during recessions are on average lower quality: their businesses yield lower initial earnings,...

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Entrepreneurs: Jacks of all Trades or Hobos?

Astebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - Department of Economics, Florida International University - 2007

Human capital investment theory suggests that entrepreneurs should be generalists, while those who work for others should be specialists; it also predicts higher incomes for entrepreneurs with generalist skills. An alternative view predicts that those with greater taste for variety are more...

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A consumption-based measure of the monetary rewards to entrepreneurship

Krichevskiy, Dmitriy - Department of Economics, Florida International University - 2010

Recent findings by Hamilton (Journal of Political Economy, 2000) suggest that the self-employed do not receive a monetary premium for the risk and uncertainty associated with business ownership. In this paper, I show that that income underreporting by entrepreneurs can explain the lack of...

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Knowledge and technological development effects on organizational and social structures

Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose (contributor) - 2013

sociotechnical view of technological determinism / Liza Potts -- Towards a conceptual knowledge management system based on systems … Jokonya, Stan Hardman -- When knowledge management drives a strategic transformation project: the case of a Brazilian Air … Force organisation / Alexandre Velloso Guimarães -- Boundaries of socio-technical systems and IT for knowledge development …

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Societal benefits of freely accessible technologies and knowledge resources

Teran, Oswaldo (ed.); Aguilar, José (ed.) - 2015

technology intended to advance the prospect for knowledge, innovation, and development across the globe"--Provided by publisher. … knowledge, science, and technology / Jose Aguilar, Oswaldo Terán -- Sleight of hand or global problem: the two sides of the net … paradoxical scenarios / Sulan Wong -- Social media and free knowledge: case study - public opinion formation / Jose Aguilar …

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Industrial informatics design, use, and innovation : perspectives and services

Lund, Andreas (contributor); Wiberg, Mikael (contributor); … - 2010

but it also provides a broad state-of-the-art review and shows connections and gaps in the current knowledge for … -- Industrial Informatics and the Ecology of Innovation / Per Levén -- Making IT Visible / Katrin Jonsson -- Interactive …

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Virtual technologies for business and industrial applications : innovative and synergistic approaches

Rao, N. Raghavendra (contributor) - 2011

1. Innovation through virtual technologies / N. Raghavendra Rao -- 2. Soft-touch Haptics modeling of dynamic surfaces …

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Innovations in mobile multimedia communications and applications : new technologies

Khalil, Ismail (contributor); Weippl, Edgar R. (contributor) - 2011

"This book provides an in-depth coverage of next-generation mobile computing paradigm, including mobile wireless technologies, mobile services and applications, and research and development challenges surrounding backend systems, network infrastructure, and mobile terminals including smart...

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Technology for creativity and innovation : tools, techniques and applications

Sarmento, Anabela (contributor) - 2011

questionnaire / Teresa Rebelo, A. Gomes -- 12. Knowledge management and innovation / Leonor Cardoso, A. Gomes -- 13. Exploring …"This book provides empirical research findings and best practices on creativity and innovation in business …-solving style, problem complexity and knowledge generation / Corrado lo Storto -- 4. Towards a theoretical framework for creative …

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Innovations in SMEs and conducting e-business : technologies, trends and solutions

Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela (contributor); … - 2011

"This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities and solutions related to electronic business adoption with a special focus on SMEs, providing researchers, scholars, and professionals with some of the most advanced research developments, solutions and discussions of E-Business...

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