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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

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The geography and determinants of entrepreneurship

Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - 2008

Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial location as a micro-determinant of occupational …

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Savings, entrepreneurial trait and self-employment: evidence from selected Ghanaian Universities

Peprah, James Atta; Afoakwah, Clifford; Koomson, Isaac - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research : JGER 5 (2015) 1, pp. 1-17

Youth unemployment is a major setback to sustainable growth. In recent times, Ghana has experienced a downward trend in youth employment in spite of several attempts made by the government to control the unemployment situation. This paper explores savings behaviour, entrepreneurial trait and the...

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The role of need satisfaction for solo self-employed individuals’ vs. employer entrepreneurs’ affective commitment towards their own businesses

Schummer, Steffen E.; Otto, Kathleen; Hünefeld, Lena; … - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research : JGER 9 (2019) 63, pp. 1-18

Persistence in self-employment is crucial for entrepreneurial activities to generate long-term economic benefits. Consequently, this research examined the commitment of the self-employed towards their business as an important determinant of persistence. However, this research treats the...

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Geographic allocation of OSS contributions: the role of institutions and culture

von Engelhardt, Sebastian; Freytag, Andreas - 2009

So-called open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a public, collaborative manner. High quality OSS products like...

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Institutions, culture, and open source

von Engelhardt, Sebastian; Freytag, Andreas - 2010

The paper analyzes the impact of institutional and cultural factors on a remarkable economic activity: the production of so-called open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and...

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The value orientation of entrepreneurs in challenging institutional contexts: Insights from a unique historical episode

Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

institutional contexts. However, most evidence exists for contexts with more or less entrepreneurship-facilitating and stable … framework conditions for entrepreneurship. In both contexts, entrepreneurs are challenged either by external resistance toward … literature is not an artefact of stable entrepreneurship-facilitating institutional framework conditions. …

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Engagement in entrepreneurship in emerging economies : interactive effects of individual-level factors and institutional

Lim, Dominic S. K.; Oh, Chang Hoon; De Clercq, Dirk - In: International business review : the official journal of … 25 (2016) 4, pp. 933-945

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The collaborative innovation bloc : a new mission for Austrian economics

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - In: The review of Austrian economics 32 (2019) 4, pp. 295-320

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The collaborative innovation bloc : a reply to our commentators

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - In: The review of Austrian economics 32 (2019) 4, pp. 349-361

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