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Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within...
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employment is regained by more policy attention toward innovation and its underlying research and development (R&D), accompanied …
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/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …
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general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … indicate that the skill composition has different effects on firm entry in the two countries. More specifically, for Portugal …
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between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …
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Inheritance taxes may induce heirs to discontinue family firms. Because firm dissolution incurs transaction costs, a preferential tax treatment of transferred family businesses seems to be desirable from a macroeconomic viewpoint. The support of dynastic succession, however, entails also a cost...
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There is a large body of literature on the relationship between innovations and employment at the firm level, with most of the results indicating positive effects. Thus far, this kind of analysis has not been performed for Poland and it seems to be an important and interesting field for...
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workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have insignificant and at most modest effects on firm innovation. More general evidence …
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explained by business dynamics, innovation, human capital and the level of entrepreneurship in each region. Findings The results …. In addition, the stock of human capital and the promotion of innovation act as catalysts for the productive efficiency of … businesses must also be oriented towards sectors that promote technological innovation and with the objective to reach an …
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-tech solutions, online reputation, innovation, capabilities and interest to apply for funding affect the desired outcome: turning … entrepreneurs is proposed, which encompasses the antecedent conditions of personal experience, reputation, innovation and commitment …
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