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Contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship : frontiers in european entrepreneurship research
Xheneti, Mirela (ed.); Costa, Silvia (ed.);  … - 2023
"The contextual turn in the field of entrepreneurship means it is crucial for scholars to integrate into their research … the multifaceted contexts in which entrepreneurship is embedded. This insightful book explores the different spatial …, social, digital, institutional and policy contexts for entrepreneurship and investigates their relevance for entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372522
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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with two Elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2005
entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765922
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Using Self-employment as Proxy for Entrepreneurship: Some Empirical Caveats
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - Ratioinstitutet - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527516
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Identity and Entrepreneurship
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lüdemann, Elke - CESifo - 2009
We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual’s identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual’s socialization. This could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979425
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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2007
Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual’s decision to start a business is determined by his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094224
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Corporate Tax Policy, Entrepreneurship and Incorporation in the EU
Mooij, Ruud A. De; Nicodème, Gaëtan J.A. - CESifo - 2006
panel of European data on firm births and legal form of business to analyze income shifting via increased entrepreneurship … and incorporation. The results suggest that lower corporate taxes exert an ambiguous effect on entrepreneurship. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094315
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Financing Entrepreneurial Firms in Europe: Facts, Issues, and Research Agenda
Bottazzi, Laura; Rin, Marco da - CESifo - 2003
During the latter part of the 1990s the introduction of the euro, the dramatic increase in the supply of venture capital in most EU countries, and the creation of several ‘new’ equity markets targeted at innovative firms have dramatically transformed the financing prospects of European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181296
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Greasing the Wheels of Entrepreneurship? The Impact of Regulations and Corruption on Firm Entry
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - CESifo - 2007
The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test … requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on … entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181356
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The Apple doesn't Fall far from the Tree: Location of Start-Ups Relative to Incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181388
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Compensation and Bargaining with Entrpreneurship as the Outside Option
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - CESifo - 2000
We analyze the impact of entrepreneurship as an outside option on compensation contracts between a principal and an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181412