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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864502
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864533
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864586
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864986
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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. .. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865018
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865129
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Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan
van Acht, Joost; Stam, Joop A.; Thurik, Adriaan Roy; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865257
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Overcoming inertia: insights from evolutionary economics into improved energy and climate policy
Lazaric, Nathalie; Maréchal, Kevin - HAL - 2010
The mainstream view in economics has been a key factor in designing climate policies. Given that the controversy over the “efficiency paradox” has shown that mainstream economics is not neutral in the way it deals with climate change, the purpose of this paper is to investigate what insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791603
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Stratégies évolutionnaires dans un modèle macroéconomique dynamique et complexe peuplé d'agents hétérogènes, autonomes et concurrents
Seppecher, Pascal - HAL - 2010
Suivant la feuille de route tracée par Joan Robinson, nous avons construit un modèle d'économie monétaire de production avec monnaie endogène, peuplé d'agents hétérogènes, autonomes et concurrents. Dans ce papier, on se propose de relâcher l'hypothèse d'entreprises orientées vers la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792101
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Routines during an organizational change: a study on dynamics and its effects
Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2013
In their quest for deeper insight into organizations, for some years now a great deal of researchers have focused on the concept of routines. Routines enable researchers to make out some of the dynamics which govern the organization, by fostering stability or , on the contrary, favoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898790