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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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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Agents of structural change. The role of firms and entrepreneurs in regional diversification

Neffke, Frank; Hartog, Matté; Boschma, Ron; Henning, Martin - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014

Who introduces structural change in regional economies: Entrepreneurs or existing firms? And do local or non-local firms and entrepreneurs create most novelty in a region? Using matched employer-employee data for the whole Swedish workforce, we determine how unrelated and therefore how novel the...

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy

Stam, Erik - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008

What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …

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Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography

Stam, Erik - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2009

This chapter is an inquiry into the role of entrepreneurship in evolutionary economic geography. The focus is on how … and why entrepreneurship is a distinctly spatially uneven process. We will start with a discussion on the role of … entrepreneurship in the theory of economic evolution. Next, we will review the empirical literature on the geography of …

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Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...

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Entrepreneurs' Gender and Financial Constraints: Evidence from International Data

Muravyev, Alexander; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper studies gender discrimination against entrepreneurs by financial institutions. Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) that covers firms in several countries of Western Europe as well as in the transition countries of Eastern Europe, our analysis...

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Income Taxes and Entrepreneurial Choice: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Fossen, Frank M.; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

Entrepreneurial activity is often regarded as an engine for economic growth and job creation. Through tax policy, governments possess a potential lever to influence the decisions of economic agents to start and close small businesses. In Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced...

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