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Is “START-UP NY” Starting Up NY?: A Post-Keynesian Case Study Analysis

Jean-Snarr, Lynn B.; Snarr, Hal; Friesner, Daniel L. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12

This article describes how “START-UP NY” is a state-funded economic development program that encourages businesses to locate to several of its college campuses in exchange for a 0% tax rate for business and their employees. While the program has received much coverage in the popular press,...

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What Impact Does Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Have on Competitiveness?

Fernandes, Cristina Isabel I.; Veiga, Pedro Mota; … - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 56-66

Sustainable development and entrepreneurship are increasingly high profile issues and matters of importance to … different international agendas. Alongside this interest, there have emerged studies on entrepreneurship and innovation that … bridge the gap that exists in the literature on the relationship between innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship, in the …

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Conditions Supporting Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Growth

Ratten, Vanessa; Ferreira, Joao J.; Farinha, Luís; … - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 67-86

There are a variety of different conditions that support entrepreneurship and affect sustainable development. The aim … variables of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The geographic regions the authors focus on in the analysis are 1) Asia … entrepreneurship variables with sustainable growth in order to help explain best interventionist priorities to use in order to foster …

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The Impact of Personal Characteristics and the Regional Milieu on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-employment: Empirical Evidence for Germany / Zur Bedeutung von individuel...

Wagner, Joachim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223 (2003) 2, pp. 204-222

Summary The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating the impact of personal characteristics and attitudes, and of the regional “entrepreneurial milieu”, on the individual...

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Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear’s theory of entrepreneurship with German data

Lechmann, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 1, pp. 59-76

-of-all-trades” view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (Am Econ Rev 94(2): 208–211, <CitationRef CitationID="CR27">2004</CitationRef …

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Identifying spatial nonstationarity in German regional firm start-up data

Müller, Sven - In: Review of Regional Research 32 (2012) 2, pp. 113-132

Background: We investigate the relationship between the rate at which new firms are established and regional characteristics and whether this relationship is constant over space or not. The characteristics reflect (i) agglomerations that in turn are related to increasing returns to production...

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Positive reputation – a factor of success – using the example of German food retail companies

Klotz, Jill; Vignali, Claudio - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 4, pp. 291-303

The positive impact of a well organised reputation management has been sufficiently discussed in literature. It strikes that the majority of the studies is limited to the positive impact on major enterprises. It was found, that in particular, medium-sized companies with flat hierarchy structures...

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Case study: Lufthansa Cargo and their rights to fly over Russian territory

Sutton, Howard - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 212-228

On 27 October 2007 the Russian Federation revoked Lufthansa Cargo's rights to fly over Russian territory. The withdrawal came as a surprise to Lufthansa Cargo and shortly after the dispute started it evolved from an economic to a political conflict which awoke international interest. The...

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Tendering and decision-making: a case on pharmaceutical products

Dankers, Sven; Vieira, Rui - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 2, pp. 236-263

In order to contain expenditures for pharmaceuticals, the latest healthcare reforms have focused on decentralising German pharmaceutical market. Health insurance funds are now able to tender the products and subsequently conclude rebate contracts with one or more companies. Considering the...

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Can Institutional Change Impact High-technology Firm Growth?: Evidence from Germany’s Neuer Markt

Audretsch, David; Elston, Julie - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 25 (2006) 1, pp. 9-23

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