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New Firm Survival and Human Capital
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252210
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The Determinants of New-firm Survival across Regional Economies
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine; Zhang, Ting - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
Motivated by differences in new-firm survival across regions, this paper explores the impact of regional human capital on new-firm survival rates. New-firm survival is interpreted through formation rates of surviving versus closed firms in the service sector. By incorporating knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252214
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Innovation, strategic renewal and its effect on small firm performance
Folkeringa, Mickey; Stel, Andre van; Meijaard, Joris - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between strategic renewal and the performance of smaller firms (less than 100 employees). We use a panel of micro data on about 1000 Dutch firms. The dataset contains information on aspects of strategic renewal, including process innovation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252218
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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824127
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The Contribution of Business Ownership in Bringing Down Unemployment in Japan
Stel, Andre van; Baljeu, Lendert; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
The relationship between entrepreneurship, measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate, and unemployment in … different exogenous shocks as compared to other OECD countries, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not distinct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765222
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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Andre van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765225
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THE ROLE OF DISSATISFACTION AND PER CAPITA INCOME IN EXPLAINING SELF-EMPLOYMENT ACROSS 15 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Wennekers, Sander; Stel, Andre van; Noorderhaven, Niels; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
This paper deals with explaining the sizable differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) across 15 European countries in the period 1978-2000, within a framework of occupational choice, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and of per capita income. Using two different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765237
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Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level
Verheul, Ingrid; Stel, Andre van; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
This study aims at explaining female and male entrepreneurship across countries. Explanatory variables are derived from … three streams of literature, including the literature on the determinants of entrepreneurship, the literature on female … labor force participation, and that on female entrepreneurship. To test the hypotheses use is made of Global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765238
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Business dynamics and employment growth: a cross-country analysis
Stel, Andre van; Diephuis, Bart - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
This paper examines the relationship between business dynamics (entry and exit of firms) and employment growth at the country-industry level. We use a cross-country data set with harmonized data on numbers of entries and exits for a selection of fast-growing and innovative industries in six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765243
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Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level
Verheul, Ingrid; Stel, Andre van; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data for 29 countries this study investigates the (differential) impact of … several factors on female and male entrepreneurship at the country level. These factors are derived from three streams of … literature, including that on entrepreneurship in general, on female labor force participation and on female entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765252