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The stigma of failure: An international comparison of failure tolerance and second chancing
Burchell, Brendan; Hughes, Alan - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2006
It is commonly asserted that high rates of entrepreneurship and superior economic performance in the United States is … linked to a higher cultural tolerance of business failure. After reviewing cross country patterns of entrepreneurship we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162826
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Knowledge Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Some Reflections and Implications for Policy in the Netherlands
Hughes, Alan - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2003
This paper provides an overview of the relationship between entrepreneurship university spin-off activity and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687999
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New Business Formation: An Important Element of Ireland's Rapid Growth Experience?
Anyadike-Danes, Michael; Lenihan, Helena; Hart, Mike - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2009
business venture creation and entrepreneurship. In this paper we use unpublished annual Irish VAT data for the period 1988 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010614659
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Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship
Armour, John; Cumming, Douglas - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2005
initiatives both in the UK and at EU level have sought to promote entrepreneurship by reducing the harshness of the consequences … question empirically. We investigate the link between bankruptcy and entrepreneurship using data on self employment over 13 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005549381
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Entrepreneurs, HRM Orientations and Environmental Fit: A UK-Japan Comparison in High Tech Manufacturing
Whittaker, Hugh; Byosiere, Philippe; Higuchi, Junpe; … - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2006
Entrepreneurs cannot develop a business single handedly. One of the most important tasks the entrepreneur faces is to recruit, allocate work to, motivate and retain employees who will help the business to grow. Based on survey data, this paper examines the HRM orientations of UK and Japanese...
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