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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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Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions … entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation theory are incorporated into the analysis. This includes the lack of a well …. When unique attributes of entrepreneurship are taken into account, some major conclusions of capital taxation models no …
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Existing studies of entrepreneurship focus on entrepreneurs whose individual contribution to wealth creation is …
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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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Self-employment is often used as synonymous with entrepreneurship. We define entrepreneurship as having the ambition to … gender differences in entrepreneurship. Measured psychological characteristics can account for one third of the large gender … gap in entrepreneurship, but only one tenth of the smaller gender gap in self-employment. Men are one and a half times …
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Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self …
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This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms – be they small, young or rapidly growing – has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated...
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It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms – so-called Gazelles – that...
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High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...
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We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden is not markedly different than elsewhere. In line with...
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