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Cultural diversity and entrepreneurship in England and Wales
Rodríguez-Pose, Andres; Hardy, Daniel - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
populations. First, more that demonstrating the importance of cultural diversity for entrepreneurship, we show that the type of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010970532
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Risky Earnings, Taxation and Entrepreneurial Choice: A Microeconometric Model for Germany
Fossen, Frank M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
Which role do individual income prospects play in the decision to be an entrepreneur rather than an employee? In a model of occupational choice, higher expected after-tax earnings attract people to self-employment, while more risky net earnings deter risk-averse individuals. In this paper I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017467
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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany
Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...
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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
Oort, Frank G. van; Stam, Erik - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2005
the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature …. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations and measures of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345950
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Regional Path-Dependence in Start-up Activity
Brenner, Thomas; Fornahl, Dirk - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of an existing industrial structure in a region on the number of start-ups in this region. The aim is to detect path-dependencies in the regional industry structure. To this end we study empirically the regional factors that influence start-up rates. The approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345955
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Creative Destruction and Regional Productivity Growth: Evidence from the Dutch Manufacturing and Services Industries
Bosma, Niels; Stam, Erik; Schutjens, Veronique - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008
Do processes of firm entry and exit improve the competitiveness of regions? If so, is this a universal mechanism or is it contingent on the type of industry or region in which creative destruction takes place? This paper analyses the effect of firm entry and exit on the competitiveness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345958
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Risk Attitudes and Private Business Equity
Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544328
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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422061
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Mapping the (In)visible College(s) in the Field of Entrepreneurship
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
Despite the vitality and dynamism that the field of entrepreneurship has experienced in the last decade, the issue of … environment’ of the field of entrepreneurship and to analyze the existence and characterization of (in)visible college(s) based on … entrepreneurship research. Based on more than a thousand papers published between 2005 and 2010 in seven core entrepreneurship journals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643824
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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925–2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2012
and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
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