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The impact of education histories on the decision to become self-employed : a study of young, aspiring, minority business owners
Thomas, M. Kathleen - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 33 (2009) 4, pp. 455-466
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The impact of institutional sources of capital upon the minority-oriented venture capital industry
Bates, Timothy Mason; Bradford, William D. - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 33 (2009) 4, pp. 485-496
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920196
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Start-ups, new business employment, and the effects on incumbents: who contributes the larger share?
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2008
We investigate the effects that new business formation has on employment in incumbent firms and compare it to the development in the start-ups. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1984-2002 period. It shows that the employment effects of new businesses on the incumbents...
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The entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus: nonmarket source of American entrepreneurial capitalism
Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007
the creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of … paved the way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271768
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Penetrating the knowledge filter in the rust belt
Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2007
A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...
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The knowledge filter, entrepreneurship, and economic growth
Carlsson, Bo; Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneur-ship, and economic growth in the United … general knowledge and economically useful knowledge. Also missing is a mechanism (such as entrepreneurship) converting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271771
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Democratic capitalism and philanthropy in a global economy
Ács, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - 2007
from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …
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Foundations of high impact entrepreneurship
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2008
This survey reviews the theoretical literature on high impact entrepreneurship. The survey is guided in part by the … recent classification changes at the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) regarding entrepreneurship. The board voted to … create a new classification code, L26, for entrepreneurship. The JEL intends to use this code for all articles and books that …
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High-tech immigrant entrepreneurship in the U.S.
Hart, David M.; Ács, Zoltán J.; Tracy, Spencer - 2009
In this study, we quantify the role of foreign-born founders in high-tech entrepreneurship in a nationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271795
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Creative industries, new business formation and regional economic growth
Piergiovanni, Roberta; Carree, Martin A.; Santarelli, Enrico - 2009
The present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities, new business formation and the provision of amenities on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces (NUTS 3) over the period between 2001 and 2006. Provincial growth rates are...
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