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The entrepreneurial advantage of world cities : evidence from global entrepreneurship monitor data
Acs, Zoltán J. (contributor); Bosma, Niels (contributor);  … - 2008
Recent discussions in the Economic Geography literature increasingly focus on creative cities and the importance of creativity for achieving economic growth. Considering the increased attention on urban areas it is not surprising that the regional dimension of entrepreneurship is a subject of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003766507
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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society : the case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
data from 1992 to 2005 on 97 German regions to analyze recent convergence in self-employment rates. An astonishing catching …-up process is observed for East German regions during the period under study. However, the general convergence between East and … regions have achieved convergence with West German self-employment rates and some have not. -- Entrepreneurship ; regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944216
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Creative destruction and regional productivity growth : evidence from the dutch manufacturing and services industries
Bosma, Niels; Stam, Erik; Schutjens, Veronique - 2009
Do firm entry and exit improve the competitiveness of regions? If so, is this a universal mechanism or is it contingent on the type of industry or region in which creative destruction takes place? This paper analyses the effect of firm entry and exit on the competitiveness of regions, measured...
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