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Virtue as Competence in the Entrepreneurial Society
Karlson, Nils; Fergin, Elina - Ratioinstitutet - 2014
. Moreover, to a certain degree virtues are learnt through the practice of <p> entrepreneurship. Due to their importance, though …
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Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns
Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Roed, Knut; Skogstrøm, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …
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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events
Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extreme events – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure in starting a business...
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Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics : Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023...
Eijdenberg, Emiel L. (ed.); Mukherjee, Malobi (ed.);  … - Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation … - 2023
Foreword -- 1. Putting the Tropics on the academic map: The Raison d’être of the SEIGOP Conference (Manisha Agarwal, Thomas Chong, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Janice Lim, Maxwell Low, Malobi Mukherjee, Erica Nee, May Tan-Mullins, Jacob Wood) -- 2. Seeking a sustainable technology of governance to...
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Lobbying on Entry
Perotti, Enrico C; Volpin, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...
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Trade and Entrepreneurship with Heterogeneous Workers
Oyama, Daisuke; Sato, Yasuhiro; Tabuchi, Takatoshi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
individuals on the formation of entrepreneurship in a two-country occupation choice model. We show that trade opening gives rise …
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Tax Policy, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship
Keuschnigg, Christian; Nielsen, Soren Bo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
an entrepreneurial sector, the Paper investigates the effects of taxes on the equilibrium level of entrepreneurship and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666436
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Where Do Firms Incorporate?
Becht, Marco; Mayer, Colin; Wagner, Hannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Over the last few years, a series of rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has opened up the European Union to cross-border mobility in incorporation. In this paper we explore how deregulation and the costs of regulation have affected the location decisions of firms. Using a newly...
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How and Why Does Knowledge Spill Over? The Case of Biotechnology
Audretsch, David B; Stephan, Paula E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper sheds light on the questions, Why does knowledge spill over? and How does knowledge spill over? The answer to these questions lies in the incentives confronting scientists to appropriate the expected value of their knowledge considered in the context of their path-dependent career...
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Does Local Financial Development Matter?
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We study the effects of differences in local financial development within an integrated financial market. To do so, we construct a new indicator of financial development by estimating a regional effect on the probability that, ceteris paribus, a household is shut off from the credit market. By...
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