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The emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour : intention, education and orientation

Santos, Susana C. (contributor); … - 2017

. Connecting the literature dots: a literature review on prototypes in entrepreneurship research / Sílvia Fernandes Costa, António … Belchior and Francisco Liñan -- Part II: Entrepreneurial education -- 5. Promoting entrepreneurship in an unfavourable setting … mentorship in experiential entrepreneurship education: examining conditions for entrepreneurial learning among students / Gustav …

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Entrepreneurship, sustainable growth and performance : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research

Landström, Hans (contributor) - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business … - 2008

entrepreneurship. It focuses on four themes, each of which illustrates a key dimension in the overall theme: entrepreneurs and their … role in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in family businesses, performance of new ventures and entrepreneurial processes …pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Entrepreneurs and their role -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurship in family firms -- pt. 4 …

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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The effect of entrepreneurship on national economic growth: an analysis using the GEM database

Stel, Andre van; Carree, Martin; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

this test we aim to investigate to what extent the role of entrepreneurship has changed in the last decades of the 20th … per capita income. This suggests that entrepreneurship plays a different role in countries in different stages of economic …

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