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Narrative and discursive approaches in entrepreneurship : a second movements in entrepreneurship book

Hjorth, Daniel (ed.); Steyaert, Chris (ed.) - 2004

This is the second volume in a mini-series on movements in entrepreneurship. It aims to forward the study of … entrepreneurship by stimulating and exploring new ideas and research practices in relation to new themes, theories, methods, pragmatic … stances and contexts. The book explores different experiences and accounts of entrepreneurship, as well as reflections on …

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Entrepreneurship as social change

Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2006

This book-- the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series-- examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon …. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects … society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose entrepreneurship in its societal forms is demonstrated, as is the …

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New movements in entrepreneurship

Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2003

At last, a book that focuses on trendsetting thinking and research in the field of entrepreneurship and sets an agenda …

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The politics and aesthetics of entrepreneurship : a fourth movements in entrepreneurship book

Hjorth, Daniel (ed.); Steyaert, Chris (ed.) - 2009

This fourth book in the New Movements in Entrepreneurship series focuses on the politics and aesthetics of …

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New Firm Survival and Human Capital

Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

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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...

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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...

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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities

Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...

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Job Creation and Persistence in Services and Manufacturing

Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

An important new literature on gross employment flows has produced a great outpouring of stylized facts. In this paper we examine one aspect of this literature through the lens of dynamic models and theories of industrial evolution. We extend the Davis and Haltiwanger methodology for analysis of...

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