We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their … start-up satisfaction. Our results identify a group of nascent entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction†with their … start-up because they did not choose to become entrepreneurs out of free will, but out of long-term unemployment or a lack …

, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as their relevance for entrepreneurship. An occupational … compensating pull of entrepreneurship in countries with low uncertainty avoidance may have gained momentum in recent years. Third …

established companies and managers (instead of entrepreneurs and smaller firms, as what we are interested in). The main line of …

in a society is low, so that young entrepreneurs find it hard, and costly, to acquire the necessary know-how. Second … China therefore entrepreneurship depends crucially on the ability to establish firms, i.e. to find organisational forms for … entrepreneurship depends on mechanisms for co-ordinating individual or organisational behaviour of firms. These mechanisms were lacking …

This paper uses an Eclectic Framework explaining entrepreneurship incorporating different streams of literature and … spanning different disciplines. The Eclectic Framework integrates factors shaping the demand for entrepreneurship on the one … hand, with those influencing the supply of entrepreneurs on the other hand. It also creates insight into the role of public …