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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 …

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Surviving Against the Tide: Are New Businesses in Innovative Industries Less Affected by General Economic Trends?

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian; Schindele, Yvonne - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We investigate the role of industry and region-specific conditions for the survival of new businesses in innovative and in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In contrast to studies for some other countries, we find...

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Virtue as Competence in the Entrepreneurial Society

Karlson, Nils; Fergin, Elina - Ratioinstitutet - 2014

. Moreover, to a certain degree virtues are learnt through the practice of <p> entrepreneurship. Due to their importance, though …

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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Analyzing a cross-country panel of 16 OECD countries from 2002 to 2005, we find that higher unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity. Our results hold regardless of entrepreneurial motivation (necessity or opportunity) and entrepreneurial type (imitative or innovative).

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Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups

Thurik, Roy; van Gelderen, van Gelderen, A.M.; Frese, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made...

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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship

Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...

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Stages Of Discovery And Entrepreneurship

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

In an attempt at a systematic theory of entrepreneurship, this paper connects various literatures, from economics and … business. In economics, there are many notions of entrepreneurship, some of which seem to contradict each other. For example …, there are notions of entrepreneurship as an equilibrating and as a disequilibrating force. In this paper, these differences …

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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry

Wagener, Wagener, S.L.; Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical “entrepreneurial” characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)...

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China Incorporated

Hendrischke, Hans; Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

The development of entrepreneurship and a private business sector in China pose various challenges to analysis. On the …

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The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China

Hendrischke, Hans; Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by focusing on three topics.

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