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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and regional development : national and regional perspectives
Fritsch, Michael (ed.) - 2011
Recent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across … regional entrepreneurship, the effect of national and regional framework conditions, as well as the role of universities as … incubators of innovative new firms. -- ‘Entrepreneurship can have powerful effects on local as well as national economies. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850876
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Understanding the role of entrepreneurship for economic growth
Carree, Martin; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247897
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The Effects of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
In our analysis of the impact of new business formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252212
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Business Ownership and Economic Growth in 23 OECD Countries
Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
In the present paper we address the relationship between the extent of business ownership (self-employment) and economic development. We will focus upon three issues. First, how is the equilibrium rate of business ownership related to the stage of economic development? Second, what is the speed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144445
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The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Eco-nomic Performance in OECD Countries
Carree, Martin; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
This note investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765228
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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765257
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765283
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The Relation between Economic Development and Business Ownership revisited
Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136892
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The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time: The Case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005588035
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Regional Growth Regimes Revisited - The Case of West Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
characterized by different growth regimes in which new firms and entrepreneurship assume different roles and accordingly lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005588042