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Stars and Misfits: Self-Employment and Labor Market Frictions

Åstebro, Thomas; Chen, Jing; Thompson, Peter - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 11, pp. 1999-2017

model. <i>This paper was accepted by Lee Fleming, entrepreneurship and innovation.</i> …

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Boosting the Development of Efficient SMEs in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Kastaneer, Jochebed - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … entrepreneurship, there is scope to further reduce administrative burdens. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey …

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The Personal Computer and Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 2, pp. 187-203

explore the relationship between computer ownership and entrepreneurship. Trends over the past two decades provide some … evidence of a positive relationship between home computers and entrepreneurship rates, but the evidence is not clear. In … contrast, an analysis of the relationship between computer ownership and entrepreneurship at the individual level provides …

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Hybrid Entrepreneurship

Folta, Timothy B.; Delmar, Frédéric; Wennberg, Karl - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 2, pp. 253-269

In contrast to previous efforts to model an individual's movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider …

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Nunavik, Arctic Quebec: where cooperatives supplement entrepreneurship

Dana, Leo Paul - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 42-71

Prior to contact with Europeans, Ungava Inuit who inhabited the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula was self-sufficient, with a subsistence economy and inter-cultural trade. They lived in small bands, each consisting of a few families, and they fished, gathered, hunted, and migrated as required....

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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...

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Overcoming Skills Shortages in Canada

Carey, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta...

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Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark

Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...

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Earnings Effects of Entrepreneurial Experience: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry

Campbell, Benjamin A. - In: Management Science 59 (2013) 2, pp. 286-304

entrepreneurship are not limited to just the rewards available inside entrepreneurial firms. <i>This paper was accepted by Lee Fleming …, entrepreneurship and innovation.</i> …

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Network Progeny? Prefounding Social Ties and the Success of New Entrants

Roberts, Peter W.; Sterling, Adina D. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 7, pp. 1292-1304

Entrepreneurs that were employed by successful industry incumbents prior to founding tend to confer advantages on their new organizations. We propose and then demonstrate a similar "network progeny" effect rooted in the social relationships that form among entrepreneurs. Our analysis of new...

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