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Shacklean uncertainty and cultural embeddedness as innovation constraints in the UK
Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter; Santarelli, Enrico - 2017
We focus on both individual and local uncertainty to explain the innovation potential of entrepreneurs in the NUTS1 UK … choices are truncated is taken as a determinant of an entrepreneur's innovation decision. GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor … determinant of individual entrepreneurial choice. The regional effect appears to amount to about 4% of the innovation differences …
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The firms behind the regions : analysis of regional innovation performance in Portugal by external logistic biplots
Noronha, Teresa de; Galinde, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013
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Modelling R&D and innovation support systems : analysis of regional cluster structures in innovation in Portugal
Noronha, Teresa de; Galindo, Purificación Vicente; … - 2013
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The entrepreneur's mode of entry : business takeover or new venture start?
Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - 2007 - This version: November 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one...
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016
The founder (team)ś human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founderś choice of the initial...
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University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growths
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - 2014
This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not...
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Entrepreneurship selection and performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations in impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise...
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Schooling, capital constraints and entrepreneurial performance
Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2005
We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...
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