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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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We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden is not markedly different than elsewhere. In line with...
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Entrepreneurship research has a long tradition and since the 1980s the field has grown significantly. In this study we … identify the ‘knowledge producers’ who have shaped the field over time and their core entrepreneurship research works. A unique … database consisting of all references in twelve entrepreneurship ‘handbooks’ (or state-of-the-art books) has been developed …
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It is often claimed that there are locally embedded values and attitudes towards entrepreneurship, exerting a strong … influence on the rate and level of entrepreneurial activity in regions. The concept of regional entrepreneurship culture aims to … their activities in a region. This paper discusses regional entrepreneurship culture as a source of persistent differences …
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probability than an individual leaves employment for entrepreneurship. An otherwise average neighborhood with a 5 percentage point …
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This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of entrepreneurship across countries. The paper investigates the … relationship between the institutional setting, in terms of economic freedom, and entrepreneurship, as measured by self … to increase entrepreneurship. <p …
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Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining …
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In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...
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The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...
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Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or self-employed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...
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