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Does College Education Reduce Small Business Failure?

Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - 2014

We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi nd no effect of...

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Exploring the knowledge filter: how entrepreneurship and university-industry relations drive economic growth

Mueller, Pamela - 2005

Knowledge is recognized as a crucial element of economic growth in addition to physical capital and labor. Knowledge …, identify, and exploit knowledge depends on the existing knowledge stock and the absorptive capacity of actors such as employees … at firms and researchers at universities and research institutions. The existing knowledge stock might not be …

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Das Gründungsgeschehen in Dresden, Rostock und Karlsruhe: eine Betrachtung des regionalen Gründungspotenzials

Henning, Tobias; Mueller, Pamela; Niese, Michael - 2006

This paper compares the structure and the development of new firm formation activity in three German regions. The two East German regions, Dresden and Rostock, show significantly higher start-up rates than the West German region Karlsruhe. The analysis of entry cohorts reveals that not only the...

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Regional growth regimes revisited - the case of West Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004

Audretsch and Fritsch (2002) proposed two explanations for the mixed evidence regarding the relationship between new firm formation and regional development. Firstly, they found evidence for the existence of long time lags needed before the main effects of new firm formation on employment change...

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Stock option taxation: A missing piece in European innovation policy?

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2017

Venture capital has become a dominant form of innovation finance, used by many high-tech startups. Europe lags the U …

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Schumpeterian entrepreneurship in Europe compared to other industrialized regions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2017

-impact Schumpeterian entrepreneurship relative to the U.S. Once we account for Europe's strong performance in technological innovation, an …

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Stock option taxation and venture capital activity: A cross-country comparison

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2016

One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...

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Superentrepreneurship in Europe Compared to Other Industrialised Regions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2014

strong performance in technological innovation. …

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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2008

entrepreneurial effort, entrepre-neurial innovation and capital investment. Because of these constraints, the entrepreneurial project …

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The Interaction of Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2010

Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of insti-tutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by institutions - entrepreneurs often help shape institutions...

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