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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …

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Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy

Acs, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …

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Self-Employment and Unemployment in Spanish Regions in the Period 1979-2001

Golpe, Antonio; Stel, Adriaan J. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

This paper investigates the relation between changes in self-employment and changes in unemployment at the regional level in Spain in the period 1979-2001. We estimate a vec-tor autoregression model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van Stel and Thurik (2005) using a data base for Spanish...

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Could The Irish Miracle Be Repeated in Hungary?

Acs, Zoltán J.; O’Gorman, Colm; Szerb, Laszlo; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role ineconomic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDIimpacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor we find significant differences in...

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The Missing Link

Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

entrepreneurship as a mechanism that reduces the knowledge filter. .. …

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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies

Plummer, Lawrence A.; Acs, Zoltán J. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...

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