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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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The self-employment of men and women : what are their motivations?

Allen, W. David; Curington, William Peter - In: Journal of labor research 35 (2014) 2, pp. 143-161

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Differences in self-employment duration by year of entry & pre-entry wage-sector attachment

Luque, Adela; Jones, Maggie R. - In: Journal of labor research 40 (2019) 1, pp. 24-57

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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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Return migration and self-employment : evidence from Mexican migrants

Orozco-Aleman, Sandra; Gonzalez-Lozano, Heriberto - In: Journal of labor research 42 (2021) 2, pp. 148-183

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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?

Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...

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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden

Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral...

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Billionaires

Leeson, Peter; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

Existing studies of entrepreneurship focus on entrepreneurs whose individual contribution to wealth creation is …

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The Interaction of Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by … institutions is examined in this paper. Entrepreneurs affect institutions in at least three ways. Entrepreneurship abiding by … entrepreneurship. As business entrepreneurship, innovative political activity may be productive or unproductive, depending on the …

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