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data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI … understanding of entrepreneurship and a more precise means to measure it. In addition to yearly data and comparison, this 2017 … entrepreneurship: the GEDI and the Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) measure. Whereas developed countries will be …
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This brief captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship by measuring entrepreneurial attitudes, abilities, and … aspirations at both the individual- and country-level. Featuring data from the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index … provides a tool to help policymakers and governments harness the power of entrepreneurship to address some of the economic …
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Culture and the Individual Entrepreneur -- Introducing Entrepreneurship and Culture -- Entrepreneurial Motivations … -- Entrepreneurial Culture, Regional Innovativeness and Economic Growth -- Transnational Cultural Differences -- Entrepreneurship and its … Nascent Entrepreneurship -- Explaining Cross-National Variations in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Social Protection and …
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In this paper we explore whether or not the experience as a founder of a venture capital-backed startup influences the performance of founders who become venture capitalists (VCs). We find that nearly 7% of VCs were previously founders of a venture-backed startup. Having a successful exit and...
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We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...
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This paper estimates the effect of relaxing the social insurance mandate on entrepreneurial activity. We use a unique discontinuity in Finland that allows certain entrepreneurs not to pay social insurance contributions on their income. Using rich administrative data, we find that relaxing the...
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We use an extensive panel of 17 million individuals born between 1947 and 1995 from China's largest online marketplace, Taobao, to study the impact of RAE on the propensity to become an entrepreneur. Using events surrounding the Cultural Revolution and the issuance of the Compulsory Education...
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We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts--and the data confirm--that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …
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This book brings together the research fields of start-up ecosystems and diaspora entrepreneurship. The author …-up Ecosystem • Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Diaspora Research • Impacts on the Dynamics of the Start-up Ecosystem Berlin … • Limitations and Future Research Target Groups • Researchers and students in the field of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial …
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This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it … cities, green entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility, this book presents some of the most current research and …Chapter 1: Policies and Practices for Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Overview -- Chapter 2 …
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