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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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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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Social indicators of development : SID

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Baltimore, Md. [u.a.] : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press - Nachgewiesen 1987 - 1990(1991); 1991/92(1992); 1993 - 1996

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World tables : from the data files of the World Bank

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Baltimore, Md. [u.a.] : Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr. - [1.]1976; 2.1980 - 4.1987(1988); 1988/89(1989) - …