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We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …
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The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …
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and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
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and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
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employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
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We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...
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entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need …
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We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find, indeed, some significant links between entrepreneurship and …
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Empirical analyses show that the employment effects of start-ups are highest in agglomerations, whereas moderately congested areas exhibit only modest effects, and weak or even no significant effects could be found in rural regions. This paper will set out to show that these discrepancies arise...
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Recent empirical research has found that the effect of new business formation on employment emerges over a period of about ten years and has identified a 'wave' pattern of these effects. In this study, we decompose the overall contribution of new business formation on employment change into...
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