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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector

Brown, J. David - 2019

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...

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The 2021 Paycheck Protection Program Reboot : Loan Disbursement to Employer and Nonemployer Businesses in Minority Communities

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Was the $278 billion reboot of the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early 2021 disbursed equitably to minority communities? This paper provides the first analysis of how PPP funds were disbursed to minority communities in the third and final round of the program, which was...

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Support for Paid Family Leave among Small Employers Increases during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The United States is one of the few countries that does not guarantee paid family leave (PFL) to workers. Proposals for PFL legislation are often met with opposition from employer organizations, who fear disruptions to business, especially among small employers. But there has been limited data...

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The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses : Evidence from Owners, Managers, and Employees

Alekseev, Georgij - 2020

We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April 2020 among Facebook business page administrators, frequent...

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Aspirations and Financial Decisions : Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

McKenzie, David J.; Mohpal, Aakash; Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

A randomized experiment among poor entrepreneurs tested the impact of exogenously inducing higher financial aspirations. In theory, raising aspirations could have positive effects by inducing higher effort, but could also reduce effort if unmet aspirations lead to frustration. Treatment resulted...

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Wealth, Tastes, and Entrepreneurial Choice

Hurst, Erik G. - 2015

, yet the preference for business ownership is mostly ignored in models of entrepreneurship and occupational choice. In this … occupational choice. This choice yields several important results: (1) entrepreneurship can be thought of as a normal good …

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Entrepreneurship, business and economics : proceedings of the 15th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference; Vol. 2

Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin (ed.); Danis, Hakan (ed.) - Eurasia Business and Economics Society. / Conference - 2016

Intro -- Preface -- Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) -- Contents -- Part I: Accounting and Corporate Governance -- The Value Relevance of Audit Report Under IFRS in the Case of Romanian Listed Companies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review and Hypotheses Development -- 3...

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Entrepreneurship, business and economics : proceedings of the 15th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference; Vol. 1

Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin (ed.); Danis, Hakan (ed.) - Eurasia Business and Economics Society. / Conference - 2016

Intro -- Preface -- Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) -- Contents -- Part I: Entrepreneurship and Small and …-Driven Economies Under the Shadow of a Fina... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Psychology of Entrepreneurship -- 3 The Cognitive Psychology … of Entrepreneurship -- 3.1 Opportunities Perception -- 4 Entrepreneurial Attitude and Behavior in Innovation …

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Technologieorientierte und wissensbasierte Unternehmensgründungen durch Frauen : Netzwerke, Spin-offs, Teamgründungen 2. Expertinnen

Kulicke, Marianne (contributor) - 2007

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Entrepreneurship and the City

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2007

Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …

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