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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant self-employment: A neighborhood analysis of enclave size and quality

Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Öner, Özge - 2017

We explore the effects of neighborhood-level ethnic enclaves on the propensity of immigrants to use business ownership as a vehicle to transcend from labor market outsiders to insiders. We exploit an exogenously partitioned grid of geocoded 1-by-1 km squares to approximate neighborhoods, and...

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Ethnic Enclaves and Self-employment among Middle Eastern Immigrants in Sweden – Ethnic Capital or Enclave Size?

Andersson, Martin - 2020

We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedishcities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to use businessownership as a vehicle to transcend from labor market outsiders to insiders. Wedemonstrate a robust tendency for immigrants to leave non-employment...

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Entrepreneurial experimentation: A key function in entrepreneurial systems of innovation

Lindholm-Dahlstrand, Åsa; Andersson, Martin; Carlsson, Bo - 2017

entrepreneurial experimentation comprises both "technical" and "market" experimentation, and that entrepreneurship must be …

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Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2014

We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The … basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both … the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While local institutions always develop and operate against the backdrop of …

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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012

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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Local rates of new firm formation: An empirical exploration using Swedish data

Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019

variables to address endogeneity, we find that local growth drives local entrepreneurship exclusively in services industries … started by people, so it is unsurprising that the main factor driving local entrepreneurship is the characteristics of the …

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Entrepreneurial Experimentation : A Key Function in Entrepreneurial Systems of Innovation

Andersson, Martin - 2020

entrepreneurial experimentation comprises both ‘technical' and ‘market' experimentation, and that entrepreneurship must be …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824239

Local Competitiveness Fostered Through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin - 2015

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Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan

Acht, Joost van; Stam, Joop; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …

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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

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