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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864522
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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, Jolanda; Stel, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the … that ambitious entrepreneurship contributes more strongly to macro-economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general …. We find a particularly strong effect of high-expectation entrepreneurship for transition countries. These results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864588
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Entrepreneurial Entry Exit and Re-Entry: The Extent and Nature of Opportunity Identification
Ucbasaran, Deniz; Westhead, Paul; Wright, Mike - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
This study utilizes a human capital framework to explore whether business ownership experience is associated with the number of business opportunities identified, the number of identified opportunities that are pursued, and the nature of those opportunities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864964
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Renascent Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Preferences Subsequent to Firm Exit
Stam, Erik; Audretsch, David; Meijaard, Joris - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent … entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864967
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The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries
Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure...
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Making a difference for entrepreneurs
2010
Eighth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2011 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit,...
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Latin American entrepreneurs : many firms but little innovation
Lederman, Daniel; Messina, Julián; Pienknagura, Samuel; … - 2014
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Overview; 2. Entrepreneurship, Entry, and the Life Cycle of Firms in Latin … America and the Caribbean: Are All Forms of Firm Creation Entrepreneurial?; 3. Entrepreneurship by Incumbent Firms: What … Explains the Innovation Gap?; 4. Export Entrepreneurship; 5. Foreign Direct Invesmtne, Multinational Corporations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010240125
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Social exclusion and mobility in Brazil
Gacitúa Marió, Estanislao (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003517462
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Disadvantaged groups in transnational placement projects
Kristensen, Søren (ed.) - 2004
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Health financing for poor people : resource mobilization and risk sharing
Preker, Alexander S. (contributor); Carrin, Guy (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790983