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Zhang, Ting - 2017

This study extends the occupational choice model to explore age effects for eight different types of boomer entrepreneurs. The empirical study relies on monthly Current Population Survey data across 11 years (2006-2016). Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models are estimated to...

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The Entrepreneurship Paradox : More Entrepreneurs Are Not Always Good for the Economy – The Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Economic Performance in Africa

Lafuente, Esteban - 2019

empirical-driven arguments. This study analyzes the entrepreneurship paradox — i.e., entrepreneurship is good for the economy … between entrepreneurship and economic performance) and the policy tension (i.e., the unclear role of entrepreneurship policy … on entrepreneurship outcomes).Design/methodology/approach: Building on a sample of 81 countries from Africa, America …

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The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Methodology

Szerb, László; Acs, Zoltan J. - 2011

While composite indicators have becoming popular in many fields over the last two decades, the Global Entrepreneurship … aspects of entrepreneurship. GEDI is similar to other indices having a complex structure consisting of variables (31), pillars …

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Entrepreneurial Profile of the UK in the Light of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

Autio, Erkko; Cleevely, Matthew; Hart, Mark; Levie, Jonathan - 2012

context. We use a new method – the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index GEDI – to identify the entrepreneurial … Entrepreneurship …

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Young, restless and creative : openness to disruption and creative innovations

Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Çelik, Murat Alp - 2014

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The Globalization of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Talent : The Changing Context of Venture Capital Investment

Wuebker, Robert - 2014

Venture capitalists find, fund, and assist high-impact entrepreneurs - individuals whose firms are instruments of Schumpeter's (1939) “creative destruction” and the “creation of new economic spaces” (Acs, 2008). These entrepreneurs form firms characterized by a lack of substantial...

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Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation : Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries

Akcigit, Ufuk - 2016

Managerial delegation is essential for firm growth. While firms in poor countries often shun outside managers and instead recruit among family members, the pattern is quite the opposite for firms in rich countries. In this paper, we ask whether these differences in managerial delegation have...

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Connecting to Power : Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018

How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? To answer this question, we build a firm dynamics model, where we allow firms to invest in innovation and/or political connection to advance their productivity and to overcome certain market frictions. Our...

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Young, Restless and Creative : Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

Acemoglu, Daron - 2015

This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations—innovations that break new ground in terms of knowledge creation. After presenting a motivating model focusing on the choice between incremental and radical innovation,...

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Young, Restless and Creative : Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

Acemoglu, Daron - 2015

This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations-innovations that break new ground in terms of knowledge creation. After presenting a motivating model focusing on the choice between incremental and radical innovation,...

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