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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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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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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector
Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009
employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
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Building winners? An empirical evaluation of public business assistance in the founding process
Kösters, Sarah; Obschonka, Martin - 2010
This paper investigates economic and subjective effects of public business assistance delivered to nascent entrepreneurs in Germany. Employing cluster analysis, we explore the actual scope and intensity of business assistance used. Then we analyze predictors of take-up and perceived usefulness...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271790
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Innovation and social capital: Across-country investigation
Doh, Soogwan; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2009
entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need …
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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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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …
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Why does the effect of new business formation differ across regions?
Fritsch, Michael; Schröter, Alexandra - 2007
We investigate regional differences of the effect of new business formation on employment growth in West Germany. We find an inverse 'u'-shaped relationship between the level of start-up activity and employment change. The main variables that shape the employment effects of new businesses in a...
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