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One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …
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We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …
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Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …
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business stealing effect. Commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. We develop a regression framework to test empirical predictions of the model. Within our …
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measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …
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Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...
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Adding to the corruption-gender nexus, this paper contributes across several dimensions: (a) measurement of corruption by studying whether female managers and female owners of firms perceived corruption differently; (b) using survey information at the firm level; and (c) employing a large sample...
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Entrepreneurship has been considered the route towards European recovery and growth. The contribution of female … entrepreneurship is of utmost importance as women bring into business ventures attributes such as team spirit, synergy, intuition … entrepreneurship, feel the mentoring© is not restrained to it. It can be successfully applied with male entrepreneurs, employees or …
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question though: what makes individuals pursue entrepreneurship which engages too much risk for an unsure, or too little …
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What is being done to support female entrepreneurship and in particular promote the ways in which information and …'s entrepreneurship and how ICT facilitates and fosters it. The European Commission is dynamically promoting, supporting, and encouraging … female entrepreneurship. Europe needs more women entrepreneurs and actions are being taken to overcome the obstacles and …
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