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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

drive innovation. …

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust-belt" economies

Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2008

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new generic knowledge and economically …-useful knowledge. It identifies both the formation of new ventures and the absorptive capacity of incumbent firms as the mechanisms … that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at penetrating the …

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The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment

Ács, Zoltán J.; Brooksbank, David J.; O'Gorman, Colm; … - 2007

We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to … examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge …

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The geography and determinants of entrepreneurship

Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - 2008

Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial location as a micro-determinant of occupational choice, although there are compelling reasons to posit that spatial location influences economic behavior. Using Bayesian semiparametric methodologies and geoadditive...

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

van Praag, C. Mirjam - 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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The right stuff? Personality and entrepreneurship

Hamilton, Barton Hughes; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; … - In: Quantitative Economics 10 (2019) 2, pp. 643-691

We construct a structural model of entry into self-employment to evaluate the impact of policies supporting entrepreneurship. Previous work has recognized that workers may opt for self-employment due to the nonpecuniary benefits of running a business and not necessarily because they are good at...

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Do elite colleges matter? The impact on entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics

Guo, Naijia; Leung, Charles Ka Yui - In: Quantitative Economics 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1347-1397

Elite college attendance significantly impacts students' entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics. We find that an elite college degree is positively correlated with entrepreneurship (i.e., owning an incorporated business) but not with other self-employment forms. Our overlapping...

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TV and entrepreneurship

Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021

This paper analyzes empirically whether individuals' decisions to start an own business can be influenced via television (TV). To identify its effect, we utilize exogenous regional variation in the availability of TV that conveyed images conducive to entrepreneurship and the notion that...

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in the rust belt

Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2007

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge …. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent … empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at penetrating the knowledge filter than are incumbent firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271770

Initial conditions and regional performance in the aftermath of disruptive shocks: The case of East Germany after socialism

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

of the workforce with a tertiary degree have a strong positive effect on regional development. We conclude that knowledge …. Entrepreneurship and knowledge play a less important role for development across West German regions, where no significant shocks …

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