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Davidsson, Per - 2011

The past two decades have witnessed a surge in interest in the field of nascent entrepreneurship. In this title, the … Management, Faculty of Business, QUT. -- Davidsson, P., and J. Wiklund, (2001), 'Levels of Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research …: Current Practice and Suggestions for the Future', Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 25 (4, Summer), 81-99. -- De Clercq, D …

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Determinants of entrepreneurial engagement levels in Europe and the US

Grilo, Isabel; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2007

the effect of covariates to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship …

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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

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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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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 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...

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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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