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I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, J.H.; Koellinger, Ph.D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their start-up satisfaction. Our results identify a group of nascent entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction†with their start-up because they did not choose to become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288472
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, J.H.; Thurik, A.R.; Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the sources of entrepreneurship and its … that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into innovative products while it has no …. Our results show that a high rate of entrepreneurship increases the chances that knowledge turns into innovative products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042243
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Business Takeover or New Venture? Individual and Environmental Determinants from a Cross-Country Study
Block, J.H.; Thurik, A.R.; Zwan, P.W. van der - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010
mode of entry into entrepreneurship, such as taking over an existing business or starting a new venture. Using a large …, inventiveness, perception of financial constraints of entrepreneurship and country of residence (after controlling for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752911